Mary Helen Specht
Born and raised in Abilene, Texas, Mary Helen Specht has a B.A. in English fromRice University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from Emerson College, whereshe won the departments fiction award. Her writing has been nominated formultiple Pushcart Prizes and has appeared in numerous publications, including:The New York Times; The Colorado Review; Prairie Schooner;Michigan Quarterly Review; The Southwest Review; Florida Review;Southwestern American Literature; World Literature Today; Blue Mesa;Hunger Mountain; Bookslut; The Texas Observer; and Night Train, whereshe won the Richard Yates Short Story Award.
A past Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria and Dobie-Paisano Writing Fellow, Spechtteaches creative writing at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.
A past Fulbright Scholar to Nigeria and Dobie-Paisano Writing Fellow, Spechtteaches creative writing at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas.
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