Ms. Cara Diaconoff
Texas, United States
Member Since: 10/27/2011
Cara Diaconoff is the author of a story collection, Unmarriageable Daughters (Lewis-Clark Press, 2008) and two novels, I'll Be a Stranger to You (Outpost19 e-books, 2011) and Marian Hall, which is seeking a publisher. Her stories have appeared in Indiana Review, The Adirondack Review, and elsewhere; her work has won fellowships from the Indiana and Utah state arts councils and residencies at the MacDowell Colony. She has served as a Visiting Writer at Whitman College, a lecturer at Texas Christian University, and a Peace Corps volunteer in Russia. Presently, she is a visiting professor of creative writing at Southern Methodist University in Dallas and is at work on a book-length essay on women and unrequited love, titled On Crushing.
Website: http://caradiaconoff.com
Twitter Username: @cdiacono
Publications
- Unmarriageable Daughters: Stories , Lewis-Clark Press (October 2008)
- I'll Be a Stranger to You: A Novel , Outpost19 e-books (August 30, 2011)
Awards
- First Prize in Novel, Utah Original Writing Competition(2007)
Employment
- Visiting Professor, Creative Writing at Southern Methodist University (August 2012 - )
- Visiting Writer at Whitman College (August 2008 - May 2009)
- Lecturer at Texas Christian University (August 2000 - May 2003)
Degrees
- Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (fiction) from Indiana University (June 1995)
Genres of Interest
Fiction, Creative nonfiction