Latest book: The Lotus Eaters (April 2010)
Lives in: Orange County
Used to be: An art publisher
Favorite restaurant: Favori (in Santa Ana)
Website: www.tatjanasoli.com
Tatjana Soli is a novelist and short story writer. Born in Salzburg, Austria, she attended Stanford University and the Warren Wilson MFA Program. Her stories have appeared in The Sun, StoryQuarterly, Confrontation, Gulf Coast, Other Voices, Nimrod, Third Coast, Carolina Quarterly, Sonora Review and North Dakota Quarterly among other publications. Her work has been twice listed in the 100 Distinguished Stories in Best American Short Stories and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She was awarded the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Prize, the Dana Award, finalist for the Bellwether Prize, and received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She lives with her husband in Orange County, California, and teaches through the Gotham Writers’ Workshop.
SoCal Book Scene Exclusive (Mini) Interview:
SCBS: What did you do before you “officially” became an author?
TS: My husband is an artist, and together we ran an art publishing studio.
SCBS: How do you spend your weekends?
TS: Sleep, read, and dance Argentine tango.
SCBS: What’s your favorite restaurant in Southern California?
TS: Favori in Santa Ana. It's a French-Vietnamese restaurant that makes you think you've gone to Vietnam. Only one thing to order there: baked catfish. It's big enough to cover the whole table, bring friends. And afterwards have the Vietnamese coffee
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