Monica Wesolowska

Monica Wesolowska is the author of the memoir Holding Silvan: A Brief Life, which was named a "Best Book of the Year" by The Boston Globe and Library Journal, as well as two children's picture books, Leo + Lea and Elbert in the Air. Her essays and short stories have been published in a wide variety of venues, including in the Modern Love column of The New York Times. A graduate of Reed College and a former fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, she has taught creative writing for over two decades at UC Berkeley Extension, Stanford Continuing Studies, Left Margin LIT, and elsewhere around the Bay Area. She also works one-on-one with clients as an independent editor.