Naomi Benaron Press Kit

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT RUNNING THE RIFT:

Paperback Information:

Title: Running the Rift
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Cover: high resolution image
Publication Date: October 16, 2012
Details: Paperback, 400 pages
ISBN: 978-1616201944 (1616201940)
Price: $14.95(US)

Hardcover Information:

Title: Running the Rift
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
Details: Hardcover, 384 pages
ISBN: 978-1616200428 (1616200421)
Price: $24.95(US)

Also available in Electronic book text and CD-Audio. See Buy page for more details.

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Author: Naomi Benaron

Short Bio: Naomi Benaron earned an MFA from Antioch University and an MS in earth sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She teaches Creative Writing through UCLA Writers Extension and is a writing mentor for the Afghan Women’s Writing Project. An advocate for African refugees in her home community of Tucson Arizona, she has also worked with genocide survivor groups in Rwanda. She won the G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Short Fiction for her collection LOVE LETTERS FROM A FAT MAN. She is a marathon runner and an Ironman triathlete.

Long Bio: see this page

Author Photo: high resolution image | low resolution image [Photo Credit: Erik Hinote, www.ehfoto.com]

Media/Press Contacts: see the contact page

Website URL: www.naomibenaron.com