Diana Wagman is the author of six novels, most recently
Extraordinary October. Her second novel,
Spontaneous, won the 2001 USA Pen West Award for Fiction. Her fourth novel,
The Care & Feeding of Exotic Pets, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers selection. Her short stories and essays have appeared in various journals and as part of the
n+1 anthology
MFA vs NYC. She is an occasional contributor to the
L.A. Times and teaches fiction for Writing Workshops LA.