Jessica Anya Blau Fiction Writer

Jessica Blau

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Author Biography

Jessica Anya Blau was born in Boston and raised in Southern California. She attended The University of California, Berkeley and lived in the Bay Area for eight years until she moved to Toronto, Canada. It was while she was in Canada that Jessica started writing fiction. She was not granted a w ...
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Articles and Stories

The Oregonian
In the summer of '76, Jamie's house is a party house.
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COSMO
Blau's debut novel, The Summer of Naked Swim Parties, is a delight.
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Book Review: The Summer of Naked Swim Parties
Recovered Judy Blume addicts, brace yourselves for a relapse: Jessica Anya Blau’s debut novel, set in Santa Barbara, California, during the summer of ’76, is a poignant, gleeful ode to the turbule ...
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'70s teen dips a toe into sex and drugs
Jessica Anya Blau's novel overcomes steep odds.
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