Fioravanti, Valerie

A native of New York City, Valerie Fioravanti now lives in Sacramento, California, where she directs the Stories on Stage reading series, and teaches for the UCLA Writers' Extension. She has held a Fulbright fellowship to Italy and holds degrees from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, and the New School in New York City. Her work has appeared in such publications as North American Review, Cimarron Review, and Hunger Mountain. GARBAGE NIGHT AT THE OPERA, the title story of which received a special mention in Pushcart Prize XXVIII, is her first book.