Xochitl Gonzalez is a screenwriter and novelist whose debut, Olga Dies Dreaming, is forthcoming from Flatiron Books. She is the recipient of the 2019 Disquiet Literary Prize and currently an Iowa Arts Fellow and M.F.A. candidate at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Xochitl is a contributor to The Cut and her work has appeared in Ninth Letter. Prior to beginning her M.F.A., Xochitl was a small business owner for 15 years. She is a proud native of Brooklyn, NY.
