Evening Reading with Vanessa Hua

Part of the MFA in Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series

Join SMC's MFA in Creative Writing in Galileo 201 for our second Evening Reading of the Spring semester featuring writer Vanessa Hua, best-selling novelist and author of Forbidden City.

Vanessa Hua is an award-winning, best-selling author. Her novel, A River of Stars, was named to the Washington Post and NPR’s Best Books of 2018 lists, and has been called a "marvel" by O, The Oprah Magazine, and "delightful" by The Economist. Her short story collection, Deceit and Other Possibilities, a New York Times Editors' Choice, received an Asian/Pacific American Award in Literature and was a finalist for a California Book Award, and a New American Voices Award. Her novel, Forbidden City—called “magnificent” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “new classic” by the San Francisco Chronicle, and “masterful” by the Washington Post—is a national bestseller.

This event is free and open to the public. Masks required. Light refreshments will be served.