Andrew Proctor is the Executive Director of Literary Arts, a nonprofit literary center based in Portland, OR, that serves thousands readers and writers each year. Previously, Proctor was the Membership and Operations Director at PEN American Center (based in New York City), a global human rights organization that seeks to defend writers wherever they are imperiled. He has also been an Associate Editor at HarperCollins publishers and worked in the Cultural Affairs office at the Canadian High Commission in London (UK).  He has an undergraduate degree in English and music from Concordia University in Montreal (Canada) and a Masters Degree in English from the University of East Anglia (UK).

Website: www.literary-arts.org

Twitter Username: @literaryarts

Employment

• Associate Editor at HarperCollins Publishers (September 2000 - August 2004)
• Membership and Operations Director at PEN American Center (August 2004 - January 2009)
• Executive Director at Literary Arts (March 2009 - )

Degrees

• Bachelor of Arts in English and Music from Concordia University (Montreal, CA) (April 1997)
• Master of Arts in English from University of East Anglia (August 2000)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Creative nonfiction, Playwriting, Children's literature , Poetry