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Victoria Redel was born in New York, a first generation American of Belgian, Rumanian, Egyptian and Russian descent. She attended Dartmouth College(BA) and Columbia University (MFA).

Redel is the author of two books of poetry and three books of fiction. Her latest novel The Border of Truth (Counterpoint 2007) weaves the situation of refugees and a daughter’s awakening to the history and secrets of her father’s survival and loss. Loverboy (2001, Graywolf /2002, Harcourt), was awarded the 2001 S. Mariella Gable Novel Award and the 2002 Forward Silver Literary Fiction Prize and was chosen in 2001 as a Los Angeles Times Best Book. Loverboy was adapted for a feature film directed by Kevin Bacon. Many stories from Where the Road Bottoms Out have been anthologized. Her most recent collection of poems, Swoon (2003, University of Chicago Press), was a finalist for the James Laughlin Award. Her work has appeared in numerous magazines and journals including O the Oprah magazine, Redbook, Bomb, More and NOON

Redel is on the faculty of Sarah Lawrence College and teaches in the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University. She has received fellowships from the NEA and the Fine Arts Work Center.

Agent: Ira Silverberg, Sterling Lord Literistic. 212 780 6050

vredel@aol.com


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