Col. Mary Stewart Atwell came to VMI in 2015. Previously, she taught at Cal Poly State University and Missouri State University. She received her B.A. from Hollins University, her M.A. from the University of Virginia, and her M.F.A. and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis. Col. Atwell teaches courses in British literature and creative writing, specializing in fiction. She serves as the Institute Pre-Law Advisor and the Alumni Network Coordinator in the Department of English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies.
Col. Atwell is the author of the novels聽The Good Ones聽(Harper Books) and聽Wild Girls聽(Scribner). Her short fiction has appeared in聽Epoch听补苍诲听Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals, and in the anthologies聽Best New American Voices听补苍诲听Best American Mystery Stories. Her articles and essays have appeared in聽The New York Times,听Poets & Writers, and聽The Writer’s Chronicle, and in the聽anthology聽Paperback Writer: Literary Advice into the Twenty-First Century听(笔补濒驳谤补惫别).
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English, Rhetoric, and Humanistic Studies