Mandel, Ursula Maria

Ursula Maria Mandel is the author of three much loved novels, The Good American, Diary of a Naive, and The Tenant: A Love Story. A collection of short stories, Twelve Quiet Tales, and a children's book, Bo on the Fence Post, were published in 2013. Memories of VMI, a two-volume edition of humorous cadet stories of the Virginia Military Institute, were published in 2003. Her short story, Deader than a Doornail, won first prize at a National Public Radio contest and was broadcast in February 2003.