Naomi Williams

Naomi J. Williams was born and partly raised in Japan. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in many places, including One Story, A Public Space, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, and Zoetrope, garnering one Pushcart Prize, four Pushcart nominations, and a Best American honorable mention. The recipient of awards and fellowships from Hedgebrook, Djerassi, Willapa Bay, and the Sustainable Arts Foundation, she makes her home in Sacramento and teaches for the low-res MFA program at Ashland University.