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TOMAS MONIZ
Tomas Moniz is a father, writer, teacher, and performer.

His debut novel Big Familia (November 19) 
was a FINALIST for the PEN/Hemingway Debut Novel 2020 Award, a FINALIST for a LAMBDA 2020 award for Bisexual Fiction and a FINALIST for the Foreword Review Indies Award! 

In July 2019, he released a chapbook, All Friends Are Necessary, with Mason Jar Press


He edited Rad Dad, Rad Families, and the kids book Collaboration/Colaboración. 

He's represented by Eleanor Jackson of  Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency

He has stuff on the internet but loves letters and penpals:
​PO Box 3555,
Berkeley CA 94703


He promises to write back. 


He resides in Oakland, CA and is available to Zoom into classrooms, conferences, literary events.
​Email: tomas.moniz@gmail.com

Past Interviews & Events & Teaching 2020

​Write Now with Tomas Moniz
Quiet Lightning, Monday, January 6, 2020, 7pm at The Balboa Theatre SF
Voz Sin Tinta, Thursday, January 9, 2019 Alley Cat Books SF
Lit Camp's Basement Reading Series, Friday, January 10 6:30 Ferry building SF
Yuba Lit, Wednesday, January 15th Grass Valley
Get Lit Reading Series, Friday, January 17 7pm Petaluma 
Author Talk with Nancy Au, Saturday, January 18th 6:30 at Gallery Bookshop Fort Bragg
Tomas Moniz in Conversation with Nancy Au & Miah Jeffra Pegasus Books Downtown Berkeley Feb 5th 730
​AWP -- Table Signing
Literary Kitchen / Thursday March 5 \ 1:00-1:30
READING / Thursday March 5 
 \ 7-9 Offsite Top Shelf Lounge
Acre Books / Friday March 6 \ 11:00-11:30
Meet All Acre Writers / Friday March 6 \ 3:30-4:00
PM Press (RAD DAD & RAD FAMILIES) / Saturday March 7 \ 11:00-11:30
Mason Jar Press / Saturday March 7 \ 11:30-12:30
​March 19th 7:30 We fell into Water book release for Alexandra Mattraw / Moe's Books

Spider Love Song y Big Familia: Featuring Nancy Au & Tomas Moniz Libromobile LA April 14th
Unstuck: How to get yourself writing A Reading and Workshop April 16 6-8 Orange, LA 1888 Center
Emerging Writers Class Mendocino Coast Writers Conference July 30 - Aug 1st