{"id":5,"name":"April D\u00e1vila","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/books\/142-ostriches\/9781496724700%20","description":"April D\u00e1vila received her undergraduate degree from Scripps College before going on to study writing at USC. She was a resident of the Dorland Mountain Arts Colony in 2017 and attended the Squaw Valley Community of Writers in 2018. In 2019 her short story \u201cUltra\u201d was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A fourth-generation Californian, she lives in La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge with her husband and two children. She is a practicing Buddhist, half-hearted gardener, and occasional runner. <i>142 Ostriches<\/i> is her first novel.","link":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/author\/april-davila\/","slug":"april-davila","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ff83b66260a02dcea1d0e12d2b9bf45b3dc1aac5d734471336880777bb4620?s=24&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ff83b66260a02dcea1d0e12d2b9bf45b3dc1aac5d734471336880777bb4620?s=48&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a6ff83b66260a02dcea1d0e12d2b9bf45b3dc1aac5d734471336880777bb4620?s=96&r=g"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/writersatlarge.com\/riff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}