Jennifer Natalya Fink is an American author working in experimental feminist and queer fiction. She is best known for her novels Burn,^[1] V, and The Mikvah Queen, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2010. Her novel, Bhopal Dance (2018), won the FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize in 2017.^[2]

Fink holds a Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University and an MFA in Performance from the School at the Art Institute of Chicago.^[3]

She teaches creative writing at Georgetown University.^[4]

She is also the founder and director of The Gorilla Press, a non-profit organization that promotes children's literacy through bookmaking workshops.

In 2009, she was the US judge for the Caine Prize for African Literature.^[5]

Won

• FC2's Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, Winner for Bhopal Dance, 2017
• Billy Heekin Arts Award, Winner for Out on Fire, Stonewall Foundation, 2002
• Dana Award, Winner for The Mikvah Queen, 1997.
• Georgetown Review Fiction Award, Winner for “World Records,” 1996
• Writer’s Digest Fiction Award, Second Place Winner for “Vertebrae,” 1996
• Story Magazine Naked Fiction Contest, Second Place Winner for “Spit Bugs,” 1996
• Story Magazine Short Short Fiction Contest, Second Place Winner for “Slipping,” 1996

Finalist/Nominations

• The Clarissa Dalloway Fiction Prize, A Room of Her Own Foundation, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015
• The FC2 Catherine Doctorow Innovative Fiction Prize, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015
• The FC2 Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize, Finalist for Bhopal Dance, 2015
• The Willow Books Literature Award, Shortlisted for Bhopal Dance, 2015
• The Pen/Faulkner Award, Nomination for Thirteen Fugues, 2011
• The Pulitzer Prize, Nomination for The Mikvah Queen, 2010^{[citation needed]}
• Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, Semi-finalist for The Mikvah Queen, 2010
• Glimmer Train Short Fiction Award, Finalist for “Fabrications,” 2007
• The National Book Award, Nominated for V, 2006
• The National Jewish Book Award, Nominated for V, 2006
• The National Jewish Book Award, Nominated for Burn, 2003
• two girls review Experimental Novel Award, Finalist for manuscript of Thirteen Fugues, 1998

Fiction

• Burn. Suspect Thoughts Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-9710846-8-1.
• V. She Devil Press. 2007. ISBN 978-0-9771582-9-4.
• The Mikvah Queen. Rebel Satori Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-60864-031-7.
• Thirteen Fugues. Dark Coast Press. 2011. ISBN 978-0-98442-881-6.
• Bhopal Dance. FC2/University of Alabama Press. 2018. ISBN 978-1-57366-064-8.^[6][7]

Criticism

• Performing Poetry, Refashioning Femininity: Anne Sexton's Acoustic Performances. New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science. 1997.
• May Joseph; Jennifer Fink, eds. (1999). Performing hybridity. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-8166-3010-3.