Rebecca Stowe

Rebecca Stowe is the author of three novels: Not the End of the World ("An extraordinary achievement..." Joan Didion); The Shadow of Desire ("Memorable and powerful.." Fay Weldon); and One Good Thing ("Surreal, smashing stuff..." London Mirror). Her short stories, essays and book reviews have appeared in The Michigan Quarterly Review, The Florida Review, Cottonwood, Modern Maturity, Country Living, Chronogram, Our Town and other publications.

She has received grants and fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts, the Barbara Demming Memorial Fund, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, VCCA, the Milay Colony for the Arts, and Ragdale. She is a member of the Authors Guild and PEN.

She has taught writing at the University of Oregon and the 92nd St. Y in New York City. She also works with private students. For information about private tutorials and manuscript critiques, click on the link below.

She lives in Upstate New York and is currently at work on a collection of short stories, all of which take place in her native Michigan, as well as a nonfiction multi-media project called "A Normal Life." (www.anormallife.org)

When she's not writing, volunteering at the animal shelter, or out hiking with the dogs, Becky can be found digging in her gardens or exploring on her bike. (See Selected Works for a link to two of her cycling articles, co-authored with her biking buddy Vicki Rosenwald.