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Shelly Oria is an Israeli-American author, teacher and creative coach<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
Shelly Oria is an Israeli-American author, teacher and creative coach<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Oria has written collections of short stories and other fiction. Her work has been featured in several publications like ''[[The Paris Review]]'' and ''[[McSweeney's]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Her collection of short stories ''New York 1, Tel Aviv 0'' was her first published in book form. [[Random House Canada]] and [[FSG]] published the work in November 2014<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria {{!}} Lower Manhattan Cultural Council|url = http://lmcc.net/person/shelly-oria/|website = lmcc.net|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Oria received attention about the book from ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit {{!}} Out Magazine|url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2015/01/16/shelly-oria-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-fave-queer-writers-power-li|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> and other outlets. She also a writing award and fellowship winner<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
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== Personal life and achievements == |
== Personal life and achievements == |
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Oria was born in [[Los Angeles, California]] but grew up in [[Israel]]. She identifies as a [[queer]] writer and she features [[LGBTQ]] characters in her stories<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit {{!}} Out Magazine|url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2015/01/16/shelly-oria-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-fave-queer-writers-power-li|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
Oria was born in [[Los Angeles, California]] but grew up in [[Israel]]. She identifies as a [[queer]] writer and she features [[LGBTQ]] characters in her stories<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit {{!}} Out Magazine|url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2015/01/16/shelly-oria-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-fave-queer-writers-power-li|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She received the [[Indiana Review |Indiana Review Fiction Prize]], a [[Sozopol |Sozopol Fiction Seminars Fellowship]] abroad<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> and was an artist in residence with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council between 2014-2015<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria {{!}} Lower Manhattan Cultural Council|url = http://lmcc.net/person/shelly-oria/|website = lmcc.net|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> As of March 16,2015, Oria is a finalist for the [[Lambda Literary Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = News|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/news/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> and a nominee for the [[Edmund White Award]] for Debut Fiction<ref>{{Cite web|title = News|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/news/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
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== Education == |
== Education == |
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Oria received a [[MFA]] from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria MFA ‘07 discusses College's impact on her career in Out Magazine {{!}} Sarah Lawrence College|url = https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2015-02-03-shelly-oria-mfa-07-discusses-colleges-impact-on-her-career-in-out-magazine-itn.html|website = www.sarahlawrence.edu|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
Oria received a [[MFA]] from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] in 2007<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria MFA ‘07 discusses College's impact on her career in Out Magazine {{!}} Sarah Lawrence College|url = https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2015-02-03-shelly-oria-mfa-07-discusses-colleges-impact-on-her-career-in-out-magazine-itn.html|website = www.sarahlawrence.edu|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She learned to write in [[Hebrew]] at the college in 2006<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit {{!}} Out Magazine|url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2015/01/16/shelly-oria-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-fave-queer-writers-power-li|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Oria studied how to be a life and creative coach while in Israel between 2008-2009 in the Alder Institute and with [[Julia Cameron]] in 2004<ref>{{Cite web|title = Life & Creativity Coaching|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/life-creativity-coaching|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
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== Current life == |
== Current life == |
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Oria lives in [[Brooklyn, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria {{!}} Lower Manhattan Cultural Council|url = http://lmcc.net/person/shelly-oria/|website = lmcc.net|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> and has several projects. She curates the ''Sweet! Actors Reading Writers'' website. The website is on a break until June 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sweet!|url = http://www.sweetactorsreadingwriters.com/|website = Sweet!|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
Oria lives in [[Brooklyn, New York]]<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria {{!}} Lower Manhattan Cultural Council|url = http://lmcc.net/person/shelly-oria/|website = lmcc.net|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> and has several projects. She curates the ''Sweet! Actors Reading Writers'' website. The website is on a break until June 2015<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sweet!|url = http://www.sweetactorsreadingwriters.com/|website = Sweet!|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She works at the [[Pratt Institute]] as a fiction teacher and a co-director for the Writer's Forum<ref>{{Cite web|title = About|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/about/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Oria also serves as a life and creative coach with a private practice<ref>{{Cite web|title = Life & Creativity Coaching|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/life-creativity-coaching|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She had the private practice since 2009<ref>{{Cite web|title = Life & Creativity Coaching|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/life-creativity-coaching|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> |
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== Short stories<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stories|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/stories/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> == |
== Short stories<ref>{{Cite web|title = Stories|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/stories/|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> == |
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Revision as of 17:11, 5 May 2015
Shelly Oria is an Israeli-American author, teacher and creative coach.[1] Oria has written collections of short stories and other fiction. Her work has been featured in several publications like The Paris Review and McSweeney's.[2] Her collection of short stories New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 was her first published in book form. Random House Canada and FSG published the work in November 2014.[3] Oria received attention about the book from The New York Times[4] and other outlets. She is also a writing award and fellowship winner.[5]
Personal life and achievements
Oria was born in Los Angeles, California but grew up in Israel. She identifies as a queer writer and she features LGBTQ characters in her stories.[6] She received the Indiana Review Fiction Prize, a Sozopol Fiction Seminars Fellowship abroad[7] and was an artist in residence with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council between 2014-2015.[8] As of March 16, 2015, Oria is a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award[9] and a nominee for the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction.[10]
Education
Oria received a MFA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2007.[11] She learned to write in Hebrew at the college in 2006.[12] Oria studied how to be a life and creative coach while in Israel between 2008-2009 in the Alder Institute and with Julia Cameron in 2004.[13]
Current life
Oria lives in Brooklyn, New York[14] and has several projects. She curates the Sweet! Actors Reading Writers website. The website is on a break until June 2015.[15] She works at the Pratt Institute as a fiction teacher and a co-director for the Writer's Forum.[16] Oria also serves as a life and creative coach with a private practice.[17] She has had the private practice since 2009.[18]
Short stories[19]
- "Do You Follow the News?" (2011)
- "Documentation" (2010)
- "Emma's Undoing" (2010)
- "Integrity" (2011)
- "It Is Something Like This" (2010)
- "My Wife in Converse" (2010)
- "New York 1, Tel Aviv 0" (2010)
- "Phonetic Masterpieces of Absurdity" (2010)
- "Reassembly" (2010)
- "Stand Still" (2014)
- "That Night"
- "The Beginning of a Plan"
- "The Difference Between Gary Last Night and Tonight" (2012)
- "The Disneyland of Albany" (2014)
- "The Thing About Sophia" (2014)
- "This Way I Don't Have to Be"
- "Tzfirah" (2010)
- "We, the Women"
External links
The Paris Review interview with Shelly Oria
New York Times' book review of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0
References
- ^ "About". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "About". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council". lmcc.net. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit | Out Magazine". Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "About". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit | Out Magazine". Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "About". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council". lmcc.net. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "News". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "News". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria MFA '07 discusses College's impact on her career in Out Magazine | Sarah Lawrence College". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit | Out Magazine". Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Life & Creativity Coaching". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Shelly Oria | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council". lmcc.net. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Sweet!". Sweet!. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "About". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Life & Creativity Coaching". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Life & Creativity Coaching". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.
- ^ "Stories". Shelly Oria | Author. Retrieved 2015-05-05.