Education
MFA in Creative Writing, University of Montana
Diana Spechler is the author of the novels Who By Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011), of the New York Times column Going Off, and of a forthcoming nonfiction book based on that column (Crown). She has written for GQ, Esquire, New York, Paris Review, The Wall Street Journal, Tin House, Glimmer Train Stories, and many other publications. She won the Orlando Nonfiction Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation and has been awarded a number of residencies and fellowships, including a Steinbeck Fellowship from San Jose State University and a fellowship from the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Bulgaria. Flavorwire named her one of “50 Writers You Need To See Read Live.”
Genres: Nonfiction and fiction
Partial list of publications: Who By Fire, Skinny, Essays in The New York Times, Paris Review, GQ, Esquire, and Tin House
Awards: Steinbeck Fellowship from San Jose State University, Orlando Prize from A Room of Her Own Foundation, Sozopol Fiction Seminars Fellowship in Bulgaria