Kiara Brinkman

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Goddard College (MFA) |website= }} Kiara Brinkman (born November 29, 1979) is an American writer born in Omaha, Nebraska now living in San Francisco, California. Her 2007 novel, ''Up High in the Trees'', was published by Grove Press and was widely reviewed. Brinkman has also authored several short stories. Her work has appeared in ''One Story'', ''Pinelboyz'', ''Failbetter'' and elsewhere. Her contribution to ''McSweeney’s'', "Counting Underwater," was named one of the 100 Other Distinguished Stories of 2005 in ''The Best American Short Stories 2006''. Provided by Wikipedia