Lidia Yuknavitch

Lidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels Thrust, The Book of Joan , The Small Backs of Children , Dora: A Headcase , and the story collection Verge. Her memoir, The Chronology of Water , is being adapted into film by Kristen Stewart and Andy Mingo. Her TED Talk "The Beauty of Being a Misfit" has garnered over 4 million views. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA...See more

Lidia Yuknavitch is the nationally bestselling author of the novels Thrust, The Book of Joan , The Small Backs of Children , Dora: A Headcase , and the story collection Verge. Her memoir, The Chronology of Water , is being adapted into film by Kristen Stewart and Andy Mingo. Her TED Talk "The Beauty of Being a Misfit" has garnered over 4 million views. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Creative Nonfiction Award. She is the founder of Corporeal Writing. See less