Anika Fajardo

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Minneapolis, MN
Email: 
anikawriter@gmail.com
Website: 
www.anikafajardo.com/
Twitter: 
@anikawriter

Author's Bio

Anika Fajardo was born in Colombia and raised in Minnesota. She is the author of a book about that experience, Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family (University of Minnesota Press, 2019). Her middle-grade novel, What If a Fish, is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in summer 2020. A writer, editor, and teacher, she lives with her family in the very literary city of Minneapolis. 

Literary agent: 
Thao Le at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Sky Blue Water: Great Stories for Young Readers (University of Minnesota Press, 2016)
,
Brief Encounters: A Collection of Contemporary Nonfiction (W. W. Norton & Company, 2015)
,
Oh Baby! True Stories About Conception, Adoption, Surrogacy, Pregnancy, Labor, and Love (In Fact Books, 2015)
Book:
Magical Realism for Non-Believers: A Memoir of Finding Family (University of Minnesota Press, 2019)
Journals:
Chautauqua
,
Colere
,
Los Angeles Review of Books
,
The Dos Passos Review

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American, Latino/Latina/Latinx
Born in: 
Colombia
Raised in: 
MN
Minnesota
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Last update: Sep 24, 2019