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Jessica
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Jessica
Barksdale Inclán's
debut
novel Her Daughter's Eyes, published in 2001, was the premier
novel published under New American Library's new imprint Accent. Her
Daughter's Eyes was a final nominee for the YALSA Award for the best books
of 2001 and best paperbacks for 2001 and has been published in Dutch and
Spanish. Her next novel The Matter of Grace was published in May 2002 and
was re-released in a mass market version in May 2004. Her third, When You Go
Away, came out April 1, 2003. Her fourth, One Small Thing, was
published April 2004, and has been published in Dutch and Spanish. Her fifth, Walking With Her Daughter,
was published in April 2005. The Instant When Everything is Perfect was
published in February 2006. In June 2006, she published the first in a trilogy from Kensington
Books. When You Believe was followed by Reason to Believe and Believe in Me.
Being with Him--the first in a second trilogy--will be available
February 2008. She is a
2002 recipient of the CAC Artist’s Fellowship in Literature. Inclán teaches
composition, creative writing, mythology, and women’s literature at Diablo
Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California, and on-line creative writing
courses for UCLA extension. She has studied with Sharon Olds, Anne Lamott, Kate
Braverman, Grace Paley, Marjorie Sandor, and Cristina Garcia. Her short stories
and poems have appeared in Rockhurst Review, Hotwired, The Salt Hill Journal,
Free Lunch, The West Wind Review, The Prairie Star, Gargoyle and many
other journals and newspapers. Her short story Open Eyes was given first
prize by Sandra Cisneros for El Andar magazine's 2000 writing contest.
She co-edited a women’s literature/studies textbook Diverse Voices of Women
(Mayfield Publishing, 1995). Ms. Inclán has degrees in sociology and English
literature from CSU Stanislaus and a Master’s degree in English literature
from SFSU. Ms. Inclán lives in Oakland, California and is currently at work on her next novel.
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