About

Gabrielle Denise Pina

Lecturer

Contact Information
E-mail: gpina@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3252
Office: THH 355 H

LINKS
Personal Website
 

Biographical Sketch
Winner of the 2002 Pacificus Foundation Literary Prize for achievement in short fiction, Gabrielle Pina is depicted as a poignant, masterful storyteller. Her novels have been described as “Ever-Suspenseful” (Black Issues Book Review), “Spectacular” (Written Magazine) and “Certainly Chasing After Oprah Fans” (Library Journal). She is a faculty member at the University of Southern California’s Master of Professional Writing Program, where she also received a M.A. degree, and is an adjunct English professor at Pasadena Community College. In 2002, she was viewed as the writer to look out for when she published the highly acclaimed short story Uncommon Revelations for the ESI Anthology, recently re-released by Amazon Shorts. That year also featured the birth of her thesis project, Bliss into a novel, which culminated into a national book tour and three-book deal with Random House. Pina’s long awaited sophomore novel, Chasing Sophea was released in October and has become a book club favorite. Children of Grace her third novel will be released in the fall of 2009. She resides in Southern California with her husband Ron, and children Julian, Maia and Langston. Pina is currently at work on her fourth novel, The Bell Monde.
 

Education
B.A. Mass Communications, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1990
BA , Univ Massachusetts Amherst, 5/1990
M.P.W , University of Southern California (USC), 1999
MPW , USC, 12/1999
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Part Time Lecturer, Master of Professional Writing Program, University of Southern California, 01/01/2004-  
Adjunct Professor, Pasadena Community College, 01/01/2004-  
Development Writer, Children's Institute International, 01/01/2001-01/01/2002  
Columnist, netnoir.com, 01/01/2000-01/01/2001  
Assistant Fiction Editor, The Southern California Anthology, 01/01/1999-01/01/2000  
Post Production Coordinator, Stephen J. Cannell Productions, Inc., 01/01/1993-01/01/1995  
Post Production Coordinator for "Likely Suspects", Four Point Entertainment, 01/01/1992-01/01/1993  
Post Production Coordinator for Private Sector, Lorimar Television, 01/01/1990-01/01/1991  
Set Production Assistant for "Boys N The Hood", Both, Inc.,  
 

Publications

Book
Pina, G. D. (2006). Chasing Sophea. Chasing Sophea/Random House.
Pina, G. D. (2002). Bliss. Bliss/Random House.
 
 
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