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

His debut novel Big Familia 
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! 
He edited Rad Dad, Rad Families, and the kids book Collaboration/Colaboración. 

He's an Artist Affiliate at the Headlands Center for the Arts.

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


Upcoming Events:

He'll be wandering the various events at AWP in Philadelphia. And will be signing books at PM Press and The University of Chicago Press.
Past Interviews & Events & Teaching

Quiet Lightning, Monday, February 1, 2021, 6pm 
Featured Author: 
Mugshot Writers
​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