(2015, Ecco/HarperCollins), was inspired by a trip Vida took to Morocco where her bag was stolen. Two of Vida’s novels have been New York Times notable books of the year, and she is the winner of the 2007 Kate Chopin Award, given to a writer whose female protagonist chooses an unconventional path. Personal life She is married to author Dave Eggers, has two children, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Vida and Eggers had met in 1998 in San Francisco at a wedding and started dating in 1999. Works References External links The San Francisco Chronicle on Vendela Vida Vida interview in Identity Theory 1971 births Living people American women novelists Columbia University School of the Arts alumni Writers from San Francisco Middlebury College alumni 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American novelists American people of Swedish descent Novelists from California San Jose State University faculty