Amanda Rizkalla author biography, plus links to books by Amanda Rizkalla.

Amanda Rizkalla

Amanda Rizkalla was a Steinbeck Fellow and Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellow. She has been a writer-in-residence at Ragdale, Hedgebrook, Djerassi, and the Blue Mountain Center among others. After graduating from Stanford University, she received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was a Kemper Knapp Fellow. Her work has received support from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

This biography was last updated on 05/19/2026.

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