Lidia Yuknavitch

Lidia Yuknavitch is the national bestselling author of the novels The Small Backs of Children, Dora: A Headcase, and the memoir The Chronology of Water. Her acclaimed TED Talk ?The Beauty of Being a Misfit? has over 1.5 million views. She is the recipient of the Oregon Book Award, the Ken Kesey Fiction Award, and was a finalist for the 2012 Pen Center Creative Nonfiction Award. She writes, teaches, and lives in Portland, Oregon.