Timothy Schaffert

Degrees and institutions granting the degree

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, BA
• University of Arizona, MFA

Professional Areas of Specialty:

• The Nebraska Summer Writer's Conference Director
• Fiction Writing

Courses regularly taught:

• Fiction Writing, Twentieth Century Fiction

Selected publications and/or projects:

• Devils in the Sugar Shop (a novel; Unbridled Books)
• The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God (a novel; Unbridled Books)
• The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters (a novel; BlueHen/Putnam; reissued by Unbridled Books)
• Stories and essays have appeared in Prairie Schooner, The Greensboro Review, River Teeth, Press, Natural Bridge, and other journals.
• Currently at work on a fourth novel and a collection of short fiction.

Awards

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Book Sense pick, Nebraska Book Award, Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award, Mary Roberts Rinehart Award.