Vanessa Hua


Vanessa Hua is an American writer and journalist.
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Early life and education

Hua was born to a Taiwanese American family. She graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in media studies. She graduated from the University of California, Riverside's creative writing Master of Fine Arts program in 2009.

Career

She is the author of Deceit and Other Possibilities and A River of Stars and the novel, Forbidden City. She is a member of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto.
Hua has worked as a journalist at the Los Angeles Times, Hartford Courant, San Francisco Examiner, and the San Francisco Chronicle. Hua was a weekly columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle from 2016 to 2023.
Hua has taught at Warren Wilson College's master of fine arts program.
She received a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship award in 2020.

Personal life

Hua is married and has two sons.

Awards and critical acclaim