Anna Monardo

Anna Monardo grew up in Pittsburgh, with strong ties to her Calabrian family. Her memoir, After Italy: A Family Memoir of Arranged Marriage, forthcoming with Bordighera Press in May 2024, is the story of her family’s immigration to the U.S. After Italy is the factual retelling of the family story at the heart of Monardo’s first novel, The Courtyard of Dreams (Doubleday). She teaches in the Writer’s Workshop at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Learn more at annamonardo.com