She now works in philanthropy, as part of a comprehensive effort to improve economic mobility for low-income children and their families. Until recently, Nina was executive vice president and chief operating officer of a affected by violence and poverty in Los Angeles. It was a Booklist Editors Choice for 2011 and an O: Oprah Magazine's "Book to Watch For," and has won an Indie Booksellers Choice Award and the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award. Nina's fourth novel, "Wingshooters," was published in 2011. Nina's third book, "The Age of Dreaming," was a finalist for the 2008 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
She is the author of five novels, most recently "A Student of History." Her second novel, "Southland," was a Los Angeles Times bestseller and "Best Book of 2003," a Book Sense 76 pick, an Edgar Award finalist, and the winner of the Ferro Grumley Award and the Lambda Literary Award. Nina Revoyr was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a white American father, and grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin, and Los Angeles.
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