Eleanor Vincent

My memoir Swimming with Maya: A Mother's Story has twice been on The New York Times e-book bestseller list and has sold 20,000 copies in the U.S. and Britain. My work has been recognized by the Feminist Writers’ Guild, and my memoir was a finalist for the Independent Publisher of the Year Award. My essays have appeared in anthologies published by Creative Nonfiction and This I Believe, the literary magazine 580 Split, as well as shorter pieces in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. I have an MFA from Mills College and am a member of the Author's Guild, the San Francisco Writers Grotto, and Left Margin Lit. I have taught creative nonfiction seminars at Mills College as a visiting writer and been awarded writing residencies at Hedgebrook and the Vermont Studio Center.