Kaya Oakes is an American nonfiction writer and journalist from the San Francisco Bay Area of California.
She was born in Oakland and earned an MFA in creative writing at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga.
[3] She also is a senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches, a contributing writer for America magazine, and has written for The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and On Being.
[6] Her nonfiction book, Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture, was published by Henry Holt in June 2009.
[18] The book explores women acting subversively and claiming power in institutions and societies that often marginalize them, using examples from history, fiction, and religious texts.