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'''Shelly Oria''' is an Israeli-American author.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11/25/the-in-between-space-an-interview-with-shelly-oria/|title=The In-Between Space: An Interview with Shelly Oria|last=Taylor|first=Justin|date=2014-11-25|website=Paris Review Daily|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref>

Her collection of short stories, ''New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,'' was published by [[Farrar, Straus and Giroux|FSG]] and [[Random House Canada]] in November 2014.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria {{!}} Lower Manhattan Cultural Council|url = http://lmcc.net/person/shelly-oria/|website = lmcc.net|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> Her work has been featured in several publications, including ''[[The Paris Review]]'' and ''[[McSweeney's]].''<ref name="lareviewofbooks.org">{{Cite web|url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/nationality-meets-sexuality-meets-reality|title=Nationality Meets Sexuality Meets Reality - The Los Angeles Review...|website=The Los Angeles Review of Books|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> Oria received attention about the book from ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/books/new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-stories-by-shelly-oria.html|title=‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,’ Stories by Shelly Oria|last=Langer|first=Adam|date=2014-12-08|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/01/books/review/katherine-heinys-single-carefree-mellow-and-more.html|title=Katherine Heiny’s ‘Single, Carefree, Mellow,’ and More|last=Fry|first=Naomi|date=2015-01-30|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref>'', [[Kirkus Reviews|Kirkus Review]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shelly-oria/new-york-1-tel-aviv-0/|title=NEW YORK 1, TEL AVIV 0 by Shelly Oria|website=Kirkus Reviews|language=en-us|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref>'','' and other outlets. ''New York 1, Tel Aviv 0'' was translated into Hebrew and published in Israel by Keter Books in August 2015.

== Personal life and achievements ==
Oria was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], but grew up in [[Israel]].<ref name="lareviewofbooks.org"/> She features [[queer]] characters in her stories.<ref name="out.com">{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria On New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Her Fave Queer Writers & Power of Lit {{!}} Out Magazine|url = http://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2015/01/16/shelly-oria-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-fave-queer-writers-power-li|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She received the [[Indiana Review |Indiana Review Fiction Prize]], a [[Sozopol |Sozopol Fiction Seminars Fellowship]] in Bulgaria<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fictionwritersreview.com/interview/wave-motion-an-interview-with-shelly-oria/|title=Wave Motion: An Interview with Shelly Oria|website=Fiction Writers Review|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> and was an artist in residence with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council between 2014 and 2015.<ref name=":1"/> As of March 16, 2015, Oria was a finalist for the [[Lambda Literary Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lambdaliterary.org/features/01/03/shelly-oria-on-her-new-collection-new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-her-favorite-queer-writers-and-the-power-of-literature/|title=Shelly Oria: On Her New Collection ‘New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,’ Her Favorite Queer Writers, and the Power of Literature|website=Lambda Literary|language=en-US|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> and a nominee for the [[Edmund White Award]] for Debut Fiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://current.nyfa.org/post/141277259233/nyfa-presents-three-decades-of-writing-fellows|title=NYFA Presents: Three Decades of Writing Fellows with Gregory Pardlo, Deanna Fei, Shelly Oria, and Teddy Wayne|last=NYFA.org|website=NYFA.org - NYFA Current|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> She is also a [[MacDowell Colony]] fellow.<ref name=":1" />

== Education ==
Oria received a [[Master of Fine Arts]] from [[Sarah Lawrence College]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Shelly Oria MFA '07 discusses College's impact on her career in Out Magazine {{!}} Sarah Lawrence College|url = https://www.sarahlawrence.edu/news-events/news/2015-02-03-shelly-oria-mfa-07-discusses-colleges-impact-on-her-career-in-out-magazine-itn.html|website = www.sarahlawrence.edu|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref> She began writing in fiction in English, her second language, at the college in 2006.<ref name="out.com"/> Oria studied how to be a life and creativity coach while in Israel between 2008 and 2009 in the Alder Institute and with [[Julia Cameron]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Life & Creativity Coaching|url = http://www.shellyoria.com/life-creativity-coaching|website = Shelly Oria {{!}} Author|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref>

== Current life ==
Oria lives in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. In September 2015, she told Israeli newspaper ''Yediot Ahronot'' that she's currently at work on several projects, including a play trilogy, a feature film, and a novel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/56b937f52b8dde248d6fa6a6/1454979061595/YediotAhronot_Interview.pdf|title=First Class [article in Hebrew]|last=|first=|date=|work=Yediot Ahronot|access-date=|via=}}</ref> She curates the ''Sweet! Actors Reading Writers'' series. It is currently on hiatus.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Sweet!|url = http://www.sweetactorsreadingwriters.com/|website = Sweet!|accessdate = 2015-05-05}}</ref>

She works at the [[Pratt Institute]] as a fiction teacher and a co-director for the Writer's Forum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fsgoriginals.com/authors/bio/shelly-oria|title=Shelly Oria : Our Authors|last=humans.txt|website=www.fsgoriginals.com|access-date=2016-04-08}}</ref> She's had her private practice as a life and creativity coach since 2009.<ref name=":0" />

==Works==

=== Books ===
*{{cite book|title=New York 1, Tel Aviv 0: Stories|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InCBAwAAQBAJ|date=4 November 2014|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-71175-7}}<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.haaretz.com/life/books/.premium-1.629429|title= An Israeli-American writer's tale of two cities |author=Maya Sela |date= }}</ref>

=== Short stories ===
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*[http://kambybolongomeanriver.blogspot.com/2011/12/no-news-today-guest-post-shelly-oria.html "Do You Follow the News?"] (2011)
*[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/53752d72e4b0cf50765a82cd/1400188274509/Documentation.pdf "Documentation"] (2010)
*[https://brooklyntheborough.com/2010/11/emmas-undoing-a-play/ "Emma's Undoing"] (2010)
*[http://www.storyscapejournal.com/issue7/stories/integrity.php "Integrity"] (2011)
*[http://www.unionstationmag.com/2010/02/fiction-shelly-oria/ "It Is Something Like This"] (2010)
*[http://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6310/my-wife-in-converse-shelly-oria "My Wife in Converse"] (2010)
*[http://www.shellyoria.com/s/NY1TA0_IndianaReview_teaser2.jpeg "New York 1, Tel Aviv 0"] (2010)
*[http://recommendedreading.tumblr.com/post/101250963934/phonetic-masterpieces-of-absurdity-by-shelly "Phonetic Masterpieces of Absurdity"] (2010)
*[http://www.fivechapters.com/2010/reassembly/ "Reassembly"] (2010)
*[https://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/stand-still/ "Stand Still"] (2014)
*[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/53752d92e4b0cf50765a82f7/1400188306010/That+Night.pdf "That Night"]
*[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/537d607fe4b00f10f365ca46/1400725631149/TheBeginningofaPlan_McSweeneys_teaser.jpeg "The Beginning of a Plan"]
*[http://www.everyday-genius.com/2012/11/shelly-oria.html "The Difference Between Gary Last Night and Tonight"] (2012)
*[http://www.triquarterly.org/issues/issue-146/disneyland-albany "The Disneyland of Albany"] (2014)
*[http://www.tinhouse.com/blog/35538/the-thing-about-sophia.html "The Thing About Sophia"] (2014)
*[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/537d609ae4b00f10f365ca6a/1400725658435/ThisWayIDontHavetoBe_CreamCityReview_teaser.jpeg "This Way I Don't Have to Be"]
*[https://brooklyntheborough.com/2010/11/tzfirah-the-siren-reminding-people-to-remember/ "Tzfirah"] (2010)
*[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535029eee4b013cdd4ce8239/t/537d60c0e4b02cb9fe05a57b/1400725696349/WetheWomen_QuarterlyWest_teaser.jpeg "We, the Women"]
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{URL|shellyoria.com|Shelly Oria}}, official website
* [https://twitter.com/shellyoria Shelly Oria's Twitter]
* [http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/11/25/the-in-between-space-an-interview-with-shelly-oria/ The In-Between Space: An Interview with Shelly Oria] from ''[[The Paris Review]]''
* [http://fictionwritersreview.com/interview/wave-motion-an-interview-with-shelly-oria/ Wave Motion: An Interview with Shelly Oria] from ''[[Fiction Writers Review]]''
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/09/books/new-york-1-tel-aviv-0-stories-by-shelly-oria.html Young (Mostly), Hip (Mostly), Adrift in 2 Worlds]

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