Kali VanBaale
{{short description|American novelist (born 1975)}}
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| birth_place = Bloomfield, Iowa, United States
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| occupation = {{hlist|Novelist|educator}}
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| alma_mater = Indian Hills Community College
Vermont College of Fine Arts
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| genre = Fiction
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| notable_works = The Space Between, The Good Divide, The Monsters We Make
| awards = American Book Award (2007)
Independent Publisher's silver medal (2006)
Fred Bonnie Memorial First Novel Award (2006)
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Kali Jo White VanBaale (born January 20, 1975) is an American novelist who publishes under both her maiden and married name. Her debut novel, The Space Between (as Kali VanBaale), received an American Book Award in 2007, an Independent Publisher's silver medal for general fiction, and the Fred Bonnie Memorial First Novel Award in 2006. Her second novel, The Good Divide (as Kali VanBaale) was released in 2016. Her third novel, 'The Monsters We Make' (as Kali White) released in 2020 from Crooked Lane Books.
Life
VanBaale grew up in Bloomfield, Iowa on a dairy farm.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}} She attended Indian Hills Community College,{{Cite web|title=Student Spotlight: Kali VanBaale|url=https://www.ihcc.cc.ia.us/courses/spotlights/english_vanbaale.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220171157/https://www.ihcc.cc.ia.us/courses/spotlights/english_vanbaale.html|archive-date=February 20, 2012|website=Indian Hills Community College}} Upper Iowa University, and Vermont College of Fine Arts where she received her MFA in creative writing.
She has taught creative writing and literature for Drake University and Upper Iowa University. She is a core faculty member of the Lindenwood University MFA in Writing Program.{{Cite web|title=About the MFA in Writing|url=https://www.lindenwood.edu/arts-and-humanities/writing-mfa/about/|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Lindenwood University|language=en}}
She lives outside Des Moines with her family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/kali_white_vanbaale|title=Kali White VanBaale|website=Poets & Writers|date=14 December 2008 }}
Awards
- 2022 Lindenwood University Adjunct Professor of the Year
- 2022 Indian Hills Community College Outstanding Alumnus
- 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Award, The Good Divide
- 2009 and 2021 Iowa Arts Council major artist grants
- 2007 American Book Award, The Space Between
- 2007 Independent Publisher's Silver Medal for General Fiction, The Space Between
- 2006 Fred Bonnie Memorial First Novelist Award, The Space Between{{Cite web |url=http://www.rivercitypublishing.com/books/space_between.html |title=River City Publishing - Montgomery, Alabama - Books |access-date=2009-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105004907/http://www.rivercitypublishing.com/books/space_between.html |archive-date=2009-11-05 |url-status=dead }}
Works
- The Monsters We Make. Crooked Lane Books. June 2020 {{ISBN|978-1643853888}}
- The Good Divide. MGPress. June 2016. {{ISBN|978-1944850005}}
- {{cite book|title=The Space Between|publisher=River City Publishing|date=October 2006|isbn=978-1-57966-058-1}}
=Anthologies=
- {{cite book | chapter=Behind Lace Curtains | title=Voices of Alzheimer's | publisher=LaChance Publishing LLC | date=May 28, 2007 | isbn=978-1-934184-01-1 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/voicesofalzheime00heal }}
- {{cite book| chapter=Russian Lullaby and A Tale of Two Names| title=A Cup of Comfort for Adoptive Families | publisher=Adams Media | date=June 18, 2009}}
Nonfiction
A&E Network [https://www.aetv.com/authors/kali-white-vanbaale True Crime blog series]
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://kaliwhite.com/}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American women novelists
Category:People from Bloomfield, Iowa
Category:Vermont College of Fine Arts alumni
Category:Upper Iowa University alumni