Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them

Contributors

Steve Amick’s novels, The Lake, the River & the Other Lake and Nothing But a Smile, both received the Michigan Notable Book Award. His stories have appeared in McSweeney’s, Story, Playboy, and the Southern Review, among others. Born in Ann Arbor, he grew up in the Geddesburg neighborhood, about a mile from the Bennett Castle, the setting of his story. Nicholas Delbanco is the Robert Frost Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Michigan, and he is director of the Hopwood Awards Program there. He is the author of twenty-four books. His most recent work of fiction is The Count of Concord; his most recent book of essays is Anywhere Out of the World. Kelly Fordon has just finished work on her first novel, Love Fits Itself. She worked as a reporter at the NPR station in Detroit and in the editorial production department at National Geographic . She graduated from Kenyon College and received her MS in Journalism from Ohio University. Her short fiction has appeared in several literary journals. contributors 01 Text.indd 209 8/19/11 8:16 AM contributors  Lolita Hernandez was born and raised in Detroit, where she still lives. She is the author of Autopsy of an Engine and Other Stories from the Cadillac Plant (Coffee House Press), winner of a 2005 PEN/Beyond Margins Award. She worked for over thirtythree years in the United Auto Workers at General Motors. James Hynes has written five novels, most recently Next (Little Brown, 2010). A native of Big Rapids, Michigan, he now lives in Austin, Texas. Laura Kasischke is the author of seven collections of poetry, two novels for young adults, five novels, and the novella Eden Springs. She was a 2009 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for poetry. Elizabeth Kostova graduated from Yale, received an MFA from the University of Michigan, then lived in the state for several years before returning to North Carolina. Her two novels, The Historian and The Swan Thieves, have been international best sellers. Anne-Marie Oomen is a poet, playwright, essayist, and instructor of creative writing at Interlochen Arts Academy. Her most recent collection of essays is An American Map (Wayne State University Press, 2010). She lives with her husband outside the village of Empire, Michigan. Eileen Pollack is the author of several books, including the recent In the Mouth: Stories and Novellas. One of the novellas in that collection, “The Bris,” was chosen by Stephen King for The Best American Short Stories 2007. Breaking and Entering, 01 Text.indd 210 8/19/11 8:16 AM contributors  a novel about politics and passion in rural Michigan, will be published in 2011. Elizabeth Schmuhl lives in St. Joseph, Michigan, where she is a writer, a high-school teacher, and a teacher of modern dance. She is indebted to Zach and all who are Paw Paw River Farm, who continually give her inspiration and support. Keith Taylor is the author and editor of several books, including If the World Becomes So Bright (Wayne State University Press, 2009) and Marginalia for a Natural History. Laura Hulthen Thomas teaches creative writing at the University of Michigan’s Residential College. Her short fiction has appeared in Orchid, Oleander Review, the Cimarron Review, and Nimrod International Journal. She lives in Ann Arbor with her husband and two sons. 01 Text.indd 211 8/19/11 8:16 AM 01 Text.indd 212 8/19/11 8:16 AM ...