Valerie Martin

About:

In this intensive four-day workshop we will work on critiquing and revising your work to bring it to a more complete and polished form. We will read each other's work in advance, and spend the mornings in critical discussions. It is not unusual for a work to be heavily revised as a result of workshop discussions. There are no limitations as to genre or subject matter.

Requirements:

This workshop is sold out, but we are accepting submissions for a waiting list. Please email mail@kwls.org for more details.

Biography:

Valerie Martin was born in Sedalia, Missouri, and grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, her mother's family home, where her father was a sea captain. She is the author of nine novels, including Mary Reilly, The Great Divorce, Italian Fever, Property, and Trespass; three collections of short fiction; and a biography of St. Francis of Assisi, titled Salvation. She has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Kafka Prize (for Mary Reilly), and Britain's Orange Prize (for Property). Her latest novel, The Confessions of Edward Day, has just been published by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday.

Martin has taught in writing programs at Mt. Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts, and Sarah Lawrence College, among others. She resides in Dutchess County, New York.