Denver native Lauren Small earned a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature. Her scholarly work has appeared in academic journals such as Statement: The Journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society, MLN, and German Quarterly, and she has published fiction in literary magazines such as Fiction, StoryQuarterly, and Partisan Review. Her short story “Livia” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Small has spoken at numerous schools around the country and has presented at the Miami Book Fair International, the Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Florida Gulf Coast University, the annual conference of the Colorado Language Arts Society, as well as conferences for the National Council of Teachers of English, the Association of Independent Maryland Schools, and the National Council for the Social Studies.. She is Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing at the Community College of Baltimore County and co-author of Writing in a Changing World (Bridle Path Press 2010). Choke Creek (Bridle Path Press 2009), her first novel, has been taught in high schools across the nation.
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Lauren Small: lcsmall@comcast.net
