Karol NielsenKarol Nielsen is the author of the memoirs Walking A& P: A Vietnam War Memoir (Mascot Books, 2018) and Black Elephants (Bison Books, 2011) and the poetry chapbook This Woman I Thought I'd Be (Finishing Line Press, 2012). Black Elephants was selected s a New and Noteworthy Book by Poets & Writers in 2011 and shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in nonfiction in 2012. Excerpts were honored as notable essays in The Best American Essays in 2010 and 2005. Her poetry collection was a finalist for the Colorado Prize for Poetry in 2007. She has taught creative nonfiction and memoir writing at New York Writers Workshop and New York University. Read More Read Less