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Aja
Gabel

Aja Gabel’s debut novel, The Ensemble, is out now from Riverhead Books.

Her prose can be found in the The Cut, LA Times, Buzzfeed, BOMB, and elsewhere. She studied writing at Wesleyan University and the University of Virginia, and has a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston.

Aja has been the recipient of awards from Inprint, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

Her short story “Little Fish” was adapted into a feature film, and she is developing several screenwriting projects in TV and film.

She currently lives and writes in Los Angeles.

Aja Gabel’s debut novel, The Ensemble, is out now from Riverhead Books.

Her prose can be found in the The Cut, LA Times, Buzzfeed, BOMB, and elsewhere. She studied writing at Wesleyan University and the University of Virginia, and has a PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston.

Aja has been the recipient of awards from Inprint, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.

Her short story “Little Fish” was adapted into a feature film, and she is developing several screenwriting projects in TV and film.

She currently lives and writes in Los Angeles.

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