Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Born (1986-11-09) November 9, 1986
OccupationWriter
EducationMetropolitan State University of Denver (BA)
University of Wyoming (MFA)
Notable works"Sabrina and Corina: Stories"; Woman of Light
Notable awardsAmerican Book Award Guggenheim Fellowship

Kali Fajardo-Anstine (born November 9, 1986) is an American novelist and short story writer from Denver, Colorado. She won the 2020 American Book Award for Sabrina & Corina: Stories and was a 2019 finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Her first novel, Woman of Light: A Novel (2022), is a national bestseller and won the 2023 WILLA Literary Award in Historical Fiction. She is the 2022–2024 Endowed Chair in Creative Writing at Texas State University and a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow.