Sara Nović (born 1987) is an American writer, translator, and creative writing professor. Nović is also a deaf rights' activist who has written about the challenges she has faced as a deaf novelist. Nović is most notable for her debut novel, ''Girl at War'', which tells the story of Ana Jurić, a ten-year-old girl whose life is upended by the civil war that resulted in the

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. The novel was an

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recipient in 2016. In 2014, Nović was awarded an ALTA Travel Fellowship by the

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. In addition to publishing her own literary works, Nović has translated poems written by

Izet Sarajlić Izet Sarajlić (16 March 1930 in Doboj – 2 May 2002 in Sarajevo) was a Bosnian historian of philosophy, essayist, translator and poet. Sarajlić was Bosnia and Herzegovina's best-known poet after World War II, and the former Yugoslavia's mo ...

, a renowned Bosnian writer. Nović was awarded the

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in 2013 for her translation of Sarajlić's poem "After I Was Wounded." She is also a recipient of the

. Nović's second book ''True Biz'' was released in 2022. The book follows Charlie to River Valley School for the Deaf as she deals with a faulty

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and meets other deaf people for the first time in her life. The book was chosen as a pick for

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's book club and was reviewed as "moving, fast-paced and spirited — we have vivid access to all of the main characters' points of view — but also skillfully educational" by ''

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''. Nović is a graduate of the MFA program at

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, where she studied fiction and literary translation. She is a fiction editor at ''Blunderbuss Magazine'' and serves as the founding editor of the deaf rights' blog ''Redeafined''. Nović also works as an assistant professor of creative writing at

Stockton University Stockton University is a public university in Galloway Township, New Jersey. It is part of New Jersey's public system of higher education. It is named for Richard Stockton, one of the New Jersey signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence ...

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