April Dávila

April Dávila received her undergraduate degree in biology from Scripps College before going on to study writing at USC. She is an award-winning author, mindfulness meditation instructor (certified by the Greater Good Science Center at the University of California at Berkeley), and the creator of the unique Sit Write Here writing coaching program. In 2019 her short story “Ultra” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. In 2020 her debut novel “142 Ostriches” was published by Kensington Books and went on to win the 2021 WILLA Award for Women Writing the West. A fourth-generation Californian, she lives in La Cañada Flintridge with her husband and two children. She is a practicing Buddhist, half-hearted gardener, and occasional runner.