Oriana Rodman

Oriana Rodman lived in New Jersey’s Ramapo River Valley before settling in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unanswered Howls, Stories of the Caja del Rio is her first published book.

Travels during her youth with her father, the writer and critic Selden Rodman, included journeys through Haiti, Mexico, and South America. There she learned to endure trips over terrible and sometimes unbelievably terrifying roads, preparing her for later adventures in the Caja del Rio where her stories take place. A strong Catholic faith, the frequent vocal explosions of four-letter words, and an unshakeable addiction to smoking was learned from her mother, the Newbery Award winning author, Maia Wojciechowska.

Alternating between writing and painting over the course of her life, Oriana has enjoyed both disciplines entirely. She is a storyteller in both her writing and in her art. See her art and read her story at https://www.orianarodman.com/