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Education

B.A. English, University of Kentucky (Lexington), 1997

M.F.A. English: Fiction, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), 2000

Scholarly Focus

Creative Writing: Fiction

Books

The Hill Road. New York: Viking Penguin, July 2005. (collection of four long stories) *Bloomsbury published the collection in Ireland and the UK.

The Visitors. New York: Viking Penguin, March 2014. (a novel) *Bloomsbury published the novel in Ireland and the UK. (Starred Review) Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Awards

The Story Prize, 2005 (for The Hill Road)

Whiting Writersā€™ Award

Book Sense Notable

Barnes and Noble ā€œDiscover Great New Writers"

Shortlisted: Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award (for The Visitors)

Courses Taught

• Introduction to Creative Writing, Fiction
• The Short Story
• Graduate Fiction Workshop
• Introduction to Prose Fiction and Nonfiction
• Writing and Rhetoric ll
• Form and Theory of Fiction