M Shelly Conner

M Shelly Conner is an Associate Professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas where she co-directs the MFA Program for Writers. Her fiction, essays and other writings examine culture through a dapperqueer womanist lens and include publications in Crisis Magazine, the A.V. Club, NBC News, and America's Test Kitchen's PROOF Podcast. Her debut novel everyman won the Nautilus Silver Award in Fiction in 2021. Shelly is repped by Beth Marshea at Ladderbird Agency.

Event: Writing About Place—Can You Ever Go Home Again? - April 3, 3 PM - 4:30 PM