 | Naomi Benaron Tucson AZ Member since: Apr, 2008 Last login: 08/17/2008 Last update : 08/17/2008 |
- Naomi Benaron is the winner of the 2006 G. S. Sharat Chandra Prize for fiction for her short story collection, Love Letters from a Fat Man. She was the winner of the 2005 Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, the Juniper Creek Short Story Contest, and was short-listed or received honorable mention for numerous prizes and awards. Before pursuing her MFA at Antioch University Los Angeles, she worked for many years as a geophysicist. Currently, she teaches writing and geology at Pima Community College.
