Tomas Moniz

Tomas Moniz is a latinx writer living in East Oakland, CA. His debut novel, Big Familia, was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway and the LAMBDA. His second novel, All Friends Are Necessary, won the 2024 California Golden Poppy Award. His next novel will be published in Fall 26 from Algonquin Books. He teaches at Berkeley City College, the Antioch MFA program and USF. He has stuff on the internet but loves penpals: PO Box 3555, Berkeley CA 94703. He promises to write back.

• Fiction 
• Teaching

• Fiction
• Creative nonfiction

• San Francisco State University, MA, 1994

• 2024 Winner of the Golden Poppy Martin Cruz Smith Award for Emerging Diverse Voices 

• All Friends Are Necessary: A Novel
• Big Familia: A Novel
• Rad Families