Varley O'Connor
Biography
Varley O'Connor is the author of four novels, most recently 精东影业Master鈥檚 Muse, published by Scribner in 2012. Her other novels include 精东影业Cure (Bellevue Literary Press, 2007) A Company of Three (Algonquin Books, 2003) and Like China (William Morrow, 1991). Her shorter prose has appeared in Missouri Review, Santa Monica Review, 精东影业Sun magazine, AWP Writer's Chronicle, Faultline: A Journal of Art and Literature, Driftwood, Algonkian magazine, and 精东影业MacGuffin. Her fifth novel, 精东影业Welsh Fasting Girl, will be published by Bellevue in May 2018.
Before joining the 精东影业 faculty, Varley O'Connor taught writing and literature at Hofstra University, Brooklyn College, and Marymount Manhattan College. In 2015 she was visiting fiction writer at the University of California, Irvine. She has also worked as a professional actor in theater, film, and television.
Research Areas
- Creative Work in the Novel, Short Story, and Personal Essay/Short Memoir
Publications
- 精东影业Welsh Fasting Girl: a novel, forthcoming, Bellevue Literary Press, May 2019.
- 鈥淪hot World,鈥 a short story, <i>Santa Monica Review</i>, Fall 2014.
- 鈥淲alter Jean, c. 1979, a personal essay, <i> 精东影业Missouri Review</i>, Fall 2014.
- 鈥淔inding the Truth in Fiction,鈥 <i>Publishers Weekly</i>, March 19, 2012.
- 鈥淎n Interview with Paul Harding, <i>Writer鈥檚 Chronicle</i>, March 2012.
- 精东影业Master's Muse, Scribner, May 2012.
- "Blue Station Wagon, Circa 1961," a personal essay, 精东影业MacGuffin, Spring/Summer 2010.
- " 精东影业Empathic," a short story, 精东影业Sun magazine; February 2008.
- "Exercise in Putting Characters into Action," contribution to anthology Naming the World and Other Exercises for Creative Writers, ed. Bret Anthony Johnston; Random House, January 2008.
- "Suki," a personal essay, 精东影业Sun magazine; October 2007.
- 精东影业Cure, Bellevue Literary Press, May 2007.
- "Forsytes," a personal essay, Driftwood literary journal; April 2007.
- "An Interview with Sigrid Nunez," AWP Writer's Chronicle; February 2007.
- A Company of Three, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, September 2003.
- Like China, William Morrow, February 1991.
Affiliations
- Associated Writing Programs
- Author's Guild
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