Laurel Corona

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer

San Diego, CA
California US

Author's Bio

A professor of Humanities at San Diego City College, Laurel Corona is also an award-winning author of creative nonfiction and historical fiction. She is an active member of San Diego Writing Women.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
Finding Emilie (Simon & Schuster, 2011)
,
The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice (Hyperion Books, 2008)
,
Until Our Last Breath: A Holocaust Story of Love and Partisan Resistance (St. Martin's Press, 2008)
Prizes won: 

Laurel Corona's first book, UNTIL OUR LAST BREATH, won a 2009 Christopher Medal, and her second, THE FOUR SEASONS, won the Theodor S. Geisel Award for Book of the Year by the San Diego Book Awards.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
European American
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Glendale
Raised in: 
CA
California
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Last update: Jan 12, 2011