Vendela Vida (born September 6, 1971) is an American novelist, journalist, editor, and educator. She is the author of multiple books, a writing teacher, and an editor of The Believer magazine. In 2017, Vida was a Lurie Author-in-Residence and instructor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at San Jose State University. She is married to author Dave Eggers, has two children, and lives in the Bay Area.
Books in order of publication:
And Now You Can Go – 2003
Let the Northern Lights Erase Your Name – 2007
The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers – 2008
The Lovers – 2010
The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty – 2015
We Run the Tides – 2021
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