1. Vendela Vida was born on September 6,1971 and is an American novelist, journalist, editor, screenplay writer, and educator.
11 Facts About Vendela Vida
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Vendela Vida is the author of multiple books, has worked as a writing teacher, and is a founder and editor of The Believer magazine.
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Vendela Vida inherited the name Vendela from her maternal grandmother.
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Vendela Vida left California to attend Middlebury College in Vermont where she received her bachelor's degree in English in 1993.
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Vendela Vida later continued her studies and received a Master of Fine Arts degree at Columbia University.
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In 2003, Vendela Vida co-founded The Believer magazine with Dave Eggers and works as an editor with her friends from grad school Heidi Julavits and Ed Park.
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Vendela Vida is a co-founder and board member of 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization that teaches creative writing to children and teens.
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Vendela Vida collaborated with Dave Eggers on the screenplay for the 2009 film Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes and co-starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph.
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In 2017, Vendela Vida was a Lurie Author-in-Residence and instructor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Jose State University.
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Two of Vendela Vida's novels have been New York Times notable books of the year, and she is the winner of the 2007 Kate Chopin Award, given to a writer whose female protagonist chooses an unconventional path.
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Vendela Vida is married to author Dave Eggers, has two children, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.