Embassy’s reconciliation efforts between Turkey and Armenia.

In addition to her REDEEMED Project activism, in 2017, Deón was a U.S. She also founded the LA-based Dirty Laundry Lit reading series that was 'equal parts party and reading.' Activism She teaches writing at UCLA and Antioch University and is a speaker with Blue Flower Arts, a literary speaking agency.

Deón completed her MFA from UC Riverside, Palm Desert, was a PEN America Fellow. Writing and Teaching Career Īside from her debut novel’s critical acclaim, Grace has also been translated into Mandarin. In 2018, she founded the REDEEMED Project, which paired writers and lawyers with those convicted of crimes in order to help clear their criminal records and help them reenter society. In 2010, she shifted her legal career to become a criminal defense attorney. She started practicing corporate law which took her to San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles. Education and Career Law career ĭeón graduated from high school at 16, finished her undergraduate degree from Cal State Long Beach at 19, and moved on to graduate from Trinity Law School with her law doctorate while still in her early 20s.

Her second novel, The Perishing, is slated to be released November 2, 2021. She was an NAACP Image Awards Nominee for her debut novel, Grace which also won the 2017 American Library Association's Black Caucus Award for Best Debut Fiction and was named one of The New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2016 by critic Jennifer Senior. Natashia Deón is an American novelist, attorney, and activist.

The Perishing by Natashia Deón