Background
Victoria Chang was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1970 and raised in the suburb of West Bloomfield.
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She graduated from the University of Michigan, Harvard University, and Stanford Business School. She also has an Master of Fine Arts in poetry from the Warren Wilson Master of Fine Arts Program for Writers where she held a Holden Scholarship.
Career
Her most recent poetry collection is Salvinia Molesta (University of Georgia Press, 2008). She also occasionally writes picture books for children and her debut picture book is called "Is Mommy?" published by Beach Lane Books (Simon & Schuster) in the fall of 2015, illustrated by Marla Frazee. Her parents were immigrants from Taiwan.
She worked for Morgan Stanley in investment banking, Booz Allen & Hamilton in management consulting, and Guidant.
She lives in Southern California and spent her business career working in marketing and communications. She now writes full time.
She also teaches poetry at Chapman University. Her work has appeared in literary journals and magazines including The Paris Review, The Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast,Virginia Quarterly Review, Slate, Ploughshares, and The Nation.
Achievements
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2014, The Boss winner of a 2014 Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center United States of America Literary Award 2014, The Boss winner of a 2013 Commonwealth California Book Award (Silver Medal) 2004 Crab Orchard Review Open Competition Award Salivinia Molesta Finalist for the 2008 Commonwealth California Book Award Circle, Winner of the Association for Asian American Book award Circle, finalist for the Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center West Book Award 2007 Cohen Award 2005 BreadLoaf Writers" Conference Fellowship 2005 Sewanee Writers" Conference Fellowship 2003 BreadLoaf Writers" Conference Scholarship.
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