Professor Meidav is the author of the novels THE FAR FIELD: A NOVEL OF CEYLON (Houghton Mifflin, 2000/Mariner 2001), CRAWL SPACE (Farrar Straus 2005/Picador 2006), and LOLA,CALIFORNIA (Farrar Straus 2011/Picador 2012). Her work has received various citations, including Fulbright, Lannan, and Howard fellowships, Editors' Picks by the New York Times, the Kafka award for best novel by an American woman, and the Bard Fiction Prize, among others. Former director of the MFA program at New College of California on Valencia Street, she also taught at The New School for Social Research and Bard College.