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Melissa Scholes Young
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| Born | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Southern Illinois University (MFA), Stetson University (MA), and Monmouth College (BA) |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Employer | American University |
| Known for | Creative Writing |
| Notable work | Flood, “A Soft Place to Rest,” American Fiction vol. 15 |
| Awards | Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship, 2015 |
Basic Information
[edit]Melissa Scholes Young (born 1975) is an American writer.
Life
[edit]Melissa Scholes Young was born in Hannibal, Missouri. She graduated from Monmouth College with a BA in History, from Stetson University with an MA in Education, and from Southern Illinois University with an MFA in Creative Writing. She spent ten years teaching high school English and a few more teaching middle school at the American School in Brasilia, Brazil.
Scholes Young is a Contributing Editor for Fiction Writers Review[1] and Editor of the Grace & Gravityanthology[2]. Her writing has appeared in the American Fiction[3], The Atlantic[4], Narrative, Ploughshares, Poet Lore, Poets & Writers.[5], The Washington Independent Review of Books,[6] and The Washington Post,[7] Scholes Young attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2014, was awarded a Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship in 2015. She also published her debut novel, FLOOD[8], in 2017.
She currently teaches in the Department of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C.
References
[edit]- ^ Melissa Scholes Young in Fiction Writers Review
- ^ Scholes Young, Melissa. “Oxygen in Use,” Abundant Grace, Paycock Press, 2016.
- ^ Scholes Young, Melissa. “A Soft Place to Rest,” American Fiction vol. 15, 2016
- ^ Scholes Young, Melissa. All Stories by Melissa Scholes Young, The Atlantic, Retrieved on 9 June 2017.
- ^ Scholes Young, Melissa. A Residency of One’s Own , Poets & Writers Magazine, March/April 2016. Retrieved on 9 June 2017.
- ^ Melissa Scholes Young in Washington Independent Review of Books.
- ^ Scholes Young, Melissa, “Teachers Teaching Their Own: The Frederick Douglass House”, The Washington Post, 19 August 2016. Retrieved on 9 June 2017.
- ^ Flood, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, 2017, ISBN: 978-1-4789-7078-1
External links
[edit]Author’s website: http://melissascholesyoung.com/index.html