Kali VanBaale
Kali Jo White VanBaale (born January 20, 1975) is an American novelist who publishes under both her maiden and married name. Her first novel, The Space Between (as Kali VanBaale), received an American Book Award in 2007, an Independent Publisher's silver medal for general fiction, and the Fred Bonnie Memorial First Novel Award in 2006. Her second novel, The Good Divide (as Kali VanBaale) was released in 2016. Her third novel, "The Monsters We Make" (as Kali White) releases in 2020 from Crooked Lane Books. She is represented by Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency.
Life
She grew up in Bloomfield, Iowa on a dairy farm.
She attended Indian Hills Community College,[1] Upper Iowa University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts where she received her MFA in creative writing.
She has taught creative writing and literature for Drake University and Upper Iowa University. She is currently a faculty member of the Lindenwood University MFA in Writing Program.
She lives outside Des Moines with her family.[2][3]
Awards
- 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award, The Good Divide
- 2009 Iowa Arts Council major artist grant
- 2008 full scholarship to the Key West Literary Seminar and selected for the Robert Stone Advanced Fiction Workshop
- 2007 American Book Award, The Space Between
- 2007 Independent Publisher's Silver Medal for General Fiction, The Space Between
- 2006 Fred Bonnie Memorial First Novelist Award, The Space Between [4]
Works
- The Monsters We Make. Crooked Lane Books. June 2020 ISBN 978-1643853888
- The Good Divide. MGPress. June 2016. ISBN 978-1944850005
- The Space Between. River City Publishing. October 2006. ISBN 978-1-57966-058-1.
Anthologies
- "Behind Lace Curtains". Voices of Alzheimer's. LaChance Publishing LLC. May 28, 2007. ISBN 978-1-934184-01-1.
- "Russian Lullaby and A Tale of Two Names". A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Families. Adams Media. June 18, 2009.
References
- ^ http://www.ihcc.cc.ia.us/courses/spotlights/english_vanbaale.html
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-27. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
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- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-05. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
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External links
- Official website
- Kali VanBaale[permanent dead link], Iowa Center for the Book website
- "Book festival underway in Adel", Radio Iowa website
- "Bondurant woman's book involves school shooting", Radio Iowa website