Naomi Benaron is an American author . With her novel '' Running the Rift '' she won the 2010 Bellwether Prize for fiction . This is awarded to a first novel which contributed to a literature of social engagement . Her collection of short stories '' Love Letter from a Fat Man '' , won the 2006 G.S. Sharat Chandra Prize for Fiction . Both the novel and the short story collection dealt with the Rwandan genocide . Ms Benaron has also published poetry and short stories in many journals and anthologies
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
Naomi Benaron