Diana Wagman

photo: Tod Mesirow

Bio


I am the author of three novels and numerous short stories, essays and reviews. I am a more than occasional contributor to the Los Angeles Times. My second novel, Spontaneous, won the 2001 USA PEN West Award for Fiction. I wrote the original screenplay for DELIVERING MILO directed by Nick Castle and starring Bridget Fonda and Albert Finney.





Email me at


dianawagman@​aol.com


Welcome

This is a still from an animated film made from one line of my short story "Three Legged Dog," published in Electric Literature, volume 1.

"I like the bare expanse of that half of her chest, an empty sky, an open question about what will happen next."

See the links at right to watch the film, read an excerpt, or visit Electric Literature.

Read me in Foreign Languages


My short story, "What You See", in the anthology LOS ANGELES NOIR,
is now available in Russian, French, and Italian.



Selected Work

BUMP
novel excerpt
A car accident, a cop, and a bride-to-be.
SPONTANEOUS
novel excerpt
Two sisters, a handyman, unrequited love and spontaneous human combustion.
SKIN DEEP
novel excerpt
Wanted: woman to talk to. 3 nights a week. 300 dollars a night.
The Five Elements of Noir
short story
Black Clock Literary Journal, volume 10
Three Legged Dog
short story
Electric Literature, volume 1

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