Darren Nebesar was nominated for the Allegra Johnson Prize in Fiction and the James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing. Her nonfiction has appeared in the Journal of International Law and Policy published by the University of California...
Darren's fiction has been nominated for the James Kirkwood Prize in Creative Writing and the Allegra Johnson Prize in Fiction. Her nonfiction has appeared in the Journal of International Law and Policy published by the University of California.
Her upcoming novel The Valkyrie is an historical fiction, multiple-timeline story about a young woman, Anna, who discovers that her father has led a double life as a Stasi East German spy during the Cold War. The novel is told from the dual perspectives of Anna and her father Friedrich during two alternating timelines: in East Berlin at the height of the Cold War, and in reunified Berlin at the fall of the Berlin Wall. An exploration of remorse and forgiveness, the novel considers the consequences of legacy and inheritance and how our reinterpretation of the past is distorted by our own place in history. Spanning two generations, The Valkyrie takes the reader on a journey into the meaning of identity, betrayal, and the cost of survival.
Darren received her B.A. in Women’s Studies and Literature from Scripps College and a J.D. from the U.C. Davis School of Law. She holds an MFA in fiction from Antioch University where she worked as an editor of the literary magazine, and is a graduate of the UCLA Extension Writer’s Program. Darren has spent over a decade as a lawyer in Los Angeles, working in the federal court system and the district attorney’s office.
