Anne Goldman

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Rohnert Park, CA
California US

Author's Bio

Anne Goldman's second essay collection, House of Fragile Things, won the 2025 River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize. Her first essay collection, Stargazing in the Atomic Age (2021) earned a Silver Medal in the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards and was named by Kirkus Reviews as a Best Book of the Year. Anne's work has been nominated for a National Magazine Award; her essays are frequently cited as notable in Best American Essays and have been acknowledged as well in Best American Science and Nature Writing and Best American Travel Writing.

Publications & Prizes

Books:
House of Fragile Things (University of New Mexico Press, 2027)
,
Stargazing in the Atomic Age (University of Georgia Press, 2021)
Prizes won: 

River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Book Prize, 2025 (for House of Fragile Things)

Silver Medal award for the Essay, Independent Publisher Awards (IPPY), 2022 (for Stargazing in the Atomic Age)

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
French
Born in: 
Philadelphia, PA
Pennsylvania
Raised in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jun 02, 2026