Anne Goldman

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Rohnert Park, CA

California US

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

annegoldmanwriter.com

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)

Journals:

Georgia Review

Gettysburg Review

Michigan Quarterly Review

Southwest Review

Tin House

Volt

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