Author of Lola,California, Crawl Space, and The Far Field: A Nov­el of Cey­lon, Edie Mei­dav has received a Lan­nan Fel­low­ship, a Howard Fel­low­ship, a Bard Fic­tion Prize and a Kaf­ka Award for Best Nov­el by an Amer­i­can woman. Lola, Cal­i­for­nia was nom­i­nat­ed for the North­ern Cal­i­for­nia Book Award in Fic­tion as one of the best works by a north­ern Cal­i­for­nia author pub­lished in 2011. Edie is writer-in-res­i­dence at Bard College.