Gina Ochsner

Gina Ochsner (born 1970) is an American author best known for her story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, which won the Flannery O'Connor Award in 2001, and her novel The Russian Dream Book of Colour and Flight (2009).[1][2]

Ochsner is a native of Oregon.[3] She graduated from George Fox University, in Newberg, Oregon, and holds a master's degree from Iowa State University.

Her first published story was "Feldspar's Rock Shop" in the Dog River Review, Volume 13, No. 1 (1994), under the pseudonym, G. Withnell.

In 2018, Ochsner made an appearance on Storytellers Telling Stories, reading her story, "Elegy in Water".[4] Her story "Soon the Light" was included in the 2022 edition of The Best American Short Stories.

References
  1. "The Russian Dreambook of Colour and Flight, By Gina Ochsner". The Independent. 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  2. KEN KALFUSMARCH 5, 2010 (2010-03-05). "Book Review | 'The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight,' by Gina Ochsner - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  3. Kalfus, Ken (2010-03-05). "Post-Soviet Yearning". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
  4. "Storytellers Telling Stories – S1: Ep.16 - Elegy in Water - Gina Ochsner – 20:41". radiopublic.com. Retrieved 2023-10-17.


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