Melissa Scholes Young | |
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Born |
Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Southern Illinois University (
MFA) Stetson University ( MA) Monmouth College ( BA) |
Occupation(s) | Author, 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 |
Melissa Scholes Young (born 1975) is an American writer.
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.[ citation needed] She is an associate professor in literature at American University.
Scholes Young edited two volumes of new work by women writers, Grace in Darkness (2018) [1] and Furious Gravity (2020), [2] which was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, [3] Washington Independent Review of Books, [4] [5] Medium, [6] and at Politics & Prose Bookstore. [7]
Scholes Young is a Contributing Editor for Fiction Writers Review [8] and Editor of the Grace & Gravity anthology. [9] Her writing has appeared in American Fiction, [10] The Atlantic, [11] Literary Hub, [12] Ms. Magazine, [13] Narrative, Origins Literary Magazine, [14] Ploughshares, Poet Lore, Poets & Writers, [15] The Washington Independent Review of Books, [16] and The Washington Post. [17]
Scholes Young attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2014 and was awarded the Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship in 2015. [18]
She also published her debut novel, Flood, in 2017. [19] The novel received reviews from residents and press [20] [21] [22] in Hannibal, Missouri: Scholes Young's hometown, Mark Twain's hometown, and the setting and inspiration of the novel. [23] The novel also received attention from the literary community in Washington, D.C. [24] [25] and brought rise to Scholes Young's creative writing career as an emerging author in the nation's capital. [26]
Scholes Young, sharing a hometown with Mark Twain, has written fiction [27] [28] [29] that reimagines Tom and Huck's famous friendship as female and scholarship [30] concerned with the character portrayal of Becky Thatcher. [31] [32]
Scholes Young's second novel, The Hive, [33] is forthcoming in 2021 from Turner Publishing. [34] The novel has been optioned by Sony Entertainment. [35]
She teaches in the Department of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C. where she champions first-generation student issues. [36] [37]
Melissa Scholes Young | |
---|---|
Born |
Hannibal, Missouri, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Southern Illinois University (
MFA) Stetson University ( MA) Monmouth College ( BA) |
Occupation(s) | Author, 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 |
Melissa Scholes Young (born 1975) is an American writer.
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.[ citation needed] She is an associate professor in literature at American University.
Scholes Young edited two volumes of new work by women writers, Grace in Darkness (2018) [1] and Furious Gravity (2020), [2] which was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show, [3] Washington Independent Review of Books, [4] [5] Medium, [6] and at Politics & Prose Bookstore. [7]
Scholes Young is a Contributing Editor for Fiction Writers Review [8] and Editor of the Grace & Gravity anthology. [9] Her writing has appeared in American Fiction, [10] The Atlantic, [11] Literary Hub, [12] Ms. Magazine, [13] Narrative, Origins Literary Magazine, [14] Ploughshares, Poet Lore, Poets & Writers, [15] The Washington Independent Review of Books, [16] and The Washington Post. [17]
Scholes Young attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2014 and was awarded the Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship in 2015. [18]
She also published her debut novel, Flood, in 2017. [19] The novel received reviews from residents and press [20] [21] [22] in Hannibal, Missouri: Scholes Young's hometown, Mark Twain's hometown, and the setting and inspiration of the novel. [23] The novel also received attention from the literary community in Washington, D.C. [24] [25] and brought rise to Scholes Young's creative writing career as an emerging author in the nation's capital. [26]
Scholes Young, sharing a hometown with Mark Twain, has written fiction [27] [28] [29] that reimagines Tom and Huck's famous friendship as female and scholarship [30] concerned with the character portrayal of Becky Thatcher. [31] [32]
Scholes Young's second novel, The Hive, [33] is forthcoming in 2021 from Turner Publishing. [34] The novel has been optioned by Sony Entertainment. [35]
She teaches in the Department of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C. where she champions first-generation student issues. [36] [37]