Andrea Lawlor

Massachusetts, United States

Member Since: 04/01/2015


Andrea Lawlor teaches writing at Mount Holyoke College, is the recipient of a Whiting Award for Fiction, and has been awarded fellowships by Lambda Literary and Radar Labs. Their publications include a chapbook, Position Papers, and a novel, Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl.

Website: anderlawlor.com


Publications

  • Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl , Vintage / Knopf (reprint of 2017 Rescue Press publication) (2019)
  • Position Papers , Factory Hollow Press (2016)

Awards

  • Lambda Literary Fellow(2011)
  • Radar Labs Fellow(2011)
  • Whiting Award for Fiction(2020)

Employment

  • Fiction Editor at Fence Magazine
  • Visiting Lecturer in Creative Writing at Mount Holyoke College (August 2013 - June 2019)
  • Assistant Professor in English at Mount Holyoke College (July 2019 - June 2023)
  • Associate Professor in English at Mount Holyoke College (July 2023 - )

Degrees

  • Bachelor of Arts in English from University of Iowa (1996)
  • Master of Arts in English / Creative Writing from Temple University (2007)
  • Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from University of Massachusetts - Amherst Program for Poets & Writers (2012)

Genres of Interest

Fiction, Poetry