Carol Zoref

Director, The Writing Center

BA, MFA, Sarah Lawrence College. Fiction writer and essayist. Author of Barren Island (University W. Michigan). National Book Awards Longlist, winner of AWP (Associated Writing Programs) Novel Award, National Jewish Book Award, Harold U. Ribalow Award for Fiction. Essays and stories in Best of the Bellevue Literary Review, The New York Times, Global City Review, Christian Science Monitor, and on various websites. Recipient of fellowships and grants from Virginia Center for Creative Arts, Hall Farm Center for Arts, and In Our Own Write. Winner of IOWW Emerging Artist Award and finalist for the Henfield Award, American Fiction Award, and Pushcart Prize. SLC, 1996–