A lifelong English teacher, she has taught in schools and colleges on 3 continents, yet her permanent home is a 6-acre ranch in Woodstock, GA.. Her fiction has been released in many publications, including The Georgia Evaluation, Gertrude Press, and Fiction International, and she got an ethical reference for The Most Effective American Short Stories 2018.

Her debut tale collection PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE published with McSweeney's Books on October 26th, and includes new stories and some formerly published in VQR, Shenandoah, The Arkansas International, MQR, The Southern Evaluation, Kenyon Testimonial, Copper Nickel, and others.

He has given workshops and analyses at colleges and writing conferences around the united state, consisting of AWP, Lake Woodland's & Now series, the National Creating Project at Colorado State University, and the Bankhead Checking Out Writers Collection at the College of Alabama.

The AWP Author to Writer Mentorship Program matches arising authors with recognized writers for a three-month series of modules on topics such as craft, alteration, posting, and the creating life. The Dzanc Creative Creating Mentorship is an unique online writing mentorship for authors program made for writers to work individually with published authors and editors to shape their narrative, novel, poem, or essay.

He lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his other half and little girls, and he guides the Wichita State University composing program. Julie Ann Stewart earned an MFA from Spalding College and has released tales in Excellent River Journal, Litro Publication, PoemMemoirStory and Strike Drunk Press.