She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and Environmental Studies from Carleton College, a Master of Fine Arts from Arizona State University (2004) and an MA and PhD from the University of Southern California (2010).

[1] Her fiction, essays and poetry have appeared in Harper's Magazine, Orion, Granta, the Kenyon Review, Alaska Quartery Review, and many other journals.

The book was made into an award-winning independent film, Lamb, starring Ross Partridge and Oona Laurence and produced by Orchard.

[4] Nadzam is co-author of Love in the Anthropocene with environmental ethicist Dale Jamieson.

[5] Her second novel, Lions, was released by Grove Atlantic in 2016 and was a Finalist for the PEN USA Literary Award in Fiction.