Donna Miscolta is a Filipina/Mexican-American writer whose first novel When the de la Cruz Family Danced was published in June 2011 by Signal 8 Press. Her story collection Natalie Wood’s Fake Puerto Rican Accent was a finalist for the 2010 Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction. Her work has appeared in America’s Review, Calyx, Cha: An Asian Literary Review, Connecticut Review, Kartika Review, New Millennium Writings, Raven Chronicles, Conversations Across Borders, and others.
She has been awarded residencies from Anderson Center, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Hedgebrook, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. She has received numerous grants and awards, including the Bread Loaf/Rona Jaffe Scholarship for Fiction. View the book trailer for When the de la Cruz Family Danced at
Contact: www.donnamiscolta.com
