Veronica Tien is the senior communications manager for PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. Before joining PEN, Veronica worked as a legal assistant at a criminal defense law firm in the San Francisco Bay area. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with a double major in American studies and economics, where she researched topics involving culture, policy, and social inequity. While at UT-Austin, she also worked with Project Vote Smart and Planned Parenthood.
Veronica Tien
Senior Communications Manager, PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center
Articles by Veronica Tien
Tuesday January 7
In Iran, a Poet’s Death and a Pattern of Medical Neglect
The death of Baktash Abtin, a celebrated poet and filmmaker, free expression advocate, and one of the honorees of the 2021 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, is emblematic of how the Iranian government appears to deliberately deny medical care to prisoners of conscience.
Tuesday December 24
Author Margaret Atwood speaks with Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer, for TIME magazine
We are overjoyed to see acclaimed author Margaret Atwood in conversation with Narges Mohammadi; an author, journalist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree. Atwood is one of several prominent writers and hundreds of supporters who wrote letters to Mohammadi a year ago when she received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize Read more…