A lifelong English educator, she has actually taught in colleges and colleges on three continents, however her irreversible home is a 6-acre farm in Woodstock, GA.. Her fiction has been released in numerous publications, consisting of The Georgia Testimonial, Gertrude Press, and Fiction International, and she obtained a respectable mention for The Most Effective American Short Stories 2018.

Her launching story collection individuals WANT TO LIVE released with McSweeney's Books on October 26th, and consists of brand-new tales and some formerly published in VQR, Shenandoah, The Arkansas International, MQR, The Southern Evaluation, Kenyon Testimonial, Copper Nickel, and others.

He has actually offered workshops and analyses at universities and writing seminars around the U.S., including AWP, Lake Woodland's & Now series, the National Composing Task at Colorado State College, and the Bankhead Checking Out Writers Series at the University of Alabama.

The AWP Writer to Author Mentorship Program matches arising writers with recognized authors for a three-month collection of modules on topics such as craft, revision, posting, and the writing life. The Dzanc Creative Creating Mentorship is an unique online writing mentorship for authors program designed for authors to work one-on-one with released editors and authors to form their short story, unique, poem, or essay.

He stays in Wichita, Kansas, with his other half and daughters, and he directs the Wichita State College writing program. Julie Ann Stewart gained an MFA from Spalding University and has actually published stories in Good River Journal, Litro Magazine, PoemMemoirStory and Punch Drunk Press.