Deesha Philyaw
Biography
Deesha Philyaw
Deesha Philyaw is the author of the debut novel THE TRUE CONFESSIONS OF FIRST LADY FREEMAN. Her debut short story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES, won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, the Story Prize, and the LA Times Book Prize (The Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction), and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction. Deesha is a Kimbilio Fiction Fellow, a Baldwin for the Arts Fellow, a United States Artists Fellow, and co-host of two podcasts: "Ursa Short Fiction" (with Dawnie Walton) and "Reckon True Stories" (with Kiese Laymon). She is currently at work developing TV shows based on her short fiction.
Deesha Philyaw
