Kellie Wells (writer)
Kellie Wells is an American professor of English, novelist, and short story writer.
Kellie Wells | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 (age 60–61) Kansas City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Short story writer |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas University of Montana Western Michigan University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | English |
| Institutions | Washington University in St. Louis |
Life
Kellie Wells graduated from the University of Kansas with a BS in journalism and a BA in English. She received MFAs from the University of Montana and the University of Pittsburgh, and a PhD from Western Michigan University. Previously the director of the graduate writing program at Washington University in St. Louis,[1] Wells now teaches at the University of Alabama,[2] where she is also a member of the advisory board for The Tusculum Review.[3] She also teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Pacific University.[4] She is currently teaching and directing at the MFA program at The University of Alabama.[5]
Her work has appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Gettysburg Review, Prairie Schooner, Ninth Letter, and Fairy Tale Review among others.[6]
Awards
- 2001 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
- 2002 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award
- 2002 Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award
- 2014 Baltic Writing Residency
- 2016 Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction
Works
- God, the Moon, and Other Megafauna. Notre Dame University Press. 2017.
- Fat Girl, Terrestrial. FC2. October 2012. ISBN 978-1573661706.
- Skin. University of Nebraska Press. March 2006. ISBN 978-0-8032-4824-3.
- Compression Scars. University of Georgia Press. September 2002. ISBN 978-0-8203-2431-9.
Anthologies
- Kate Bernheimer, ed. (2010). My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-1431178-4-1.
- Kevin Brockmeier, ed. (2010). Real Unreal: Best American Fantasy 3. Underland Press. ISBN 978-0-9802260-8-9.
- Michael Martone, ed. (2009). Not Normal, Illinois: Peculiar Fictions from the Flyover. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21022-7.
- Mark Budman; Tom Hazuka, eds. (2007). You Have Time For This. Ooligan Press. ISBN 978-1-932010-17-6.
- Dylan Nelson; Kent Nelson, eds. (2004). Birds in the Hand. Northpoint Press. ISBN 978-0-86547-673-8.
- Sarah Gordon, ed. (2000). Flannery O'Connor: In Celebration of Genius. Hill Street Press. ISBN 978-1-892514-66-0.
References
- "Faculty".
- "Staff & Faculty: Overview". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- "The Tusculum Review » Editorial Staff". Archived from the original on 2010-06-01. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- "Faculty Biographies | Master of Fine Arts in Writing". 27 September 2017.
- "Kellie Wells | Alabama English". english.ua.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30.
- "Faculty writers Kellie Wells and Kerri Webster to launch Writing Program Reading Series Sept. 7 | the Source | Washington University in St. Louis". 14 September 2006.