birth_place nationality birth_date period genre image article_title name occupation
los angeles , california , u.s. jewish american 02 july 1978 2006 -- present literary fiction http://www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/va/elisa-albert-0108-lg.jpg elisa albert
 elisa albert novelist , essayist
elisa albert

elisa albert -lrb- born july 2 , 1978 -rrb- is the author of the short story collection `` how this night is different -lrb- free press , 2006 -rrb- '' , the novel `` the book of dahlia -lrb- free press , 2008 -rrb- '' , and an anthology , `` freud 's blind spot : writers on siblings -lrb- free press , 2010 -rrb- '' .
albert is a recipient of the moment magazine emerging writer awards , given to a writer whose work deals with themes that would be of interest to millions of jewish readers .
in 2009 , she was a finalist for the sami rohr prize , which recognizes the unique role of writers in the transmission of jewish experience .
her second novel , `` after birth -lrb- houghton mifflin harcourt -rrb- '' , will be published in february 2015 .
her fiction and non-fiction have appeared in tin house , post road -lrb- magazine -rrb- , gulf coast -lrb- magazine -rrb- , commentary -lrb- magazine -rrb- , salon -lrb- website -rrb- , tablet -lrb- magazine -rrb- , los angeles review of books , the believer -lrb- magazine -rrb- , the rumpus , time magazine , and on npr .
