Nikki Grimes
Visiting Writer
Ann Dávila Cardinal
Darrow Lecturer
Profile
Ann Dávila Cardinal is a tattooed-Gringa-Rican-punk, a novelist, and Director of Recruitment for Vermont College of Fine Arts where she earned her MFA in Writing.
Her young adult horror novel, Five Midnights, was released by Tor Teen in June 2019. The sequel, Category Five, will be released on June 2, 2020. Ann lives in Vermont, needle-felts tiny reading creatures, and cycles four seasons a year.