ARTIST

Ronna Lebo is a painter, poet and publisher. She co-founded the non-profit publisher Black Square Editions/Off The Park Press, Inc. She also co-founded Reservoir Art Space, a studio space for painters with an experimental gallery in Queens, New York.

Ronna was selected as the Bridges Award painter due to her community-focused approach to painting.

WRITER

Nathaniel Kressen is a writer whose first novel Concrete Fever, went on to become a Bestseller at NYC’s landmark Strand Bookstore. His second novel Dahlia Cassandra was launched from the Strand’s Rare Book Room and went on to grace some Best of the Year lists. His third novel My Life on Rye was published by At Large Magazine in chapter-by-chapter serialization, and his story collection Listen Hard There May Be Trumpets was published in a small batch pocket-sized edition of 100 copies only. He’s also co-authored gift books for publishers such as HarperCollins and Penguin-Random House. 

Nathaniel was selected as the Bridges Award writer due to his location-based approach to fiction.