Author of the memoir-in-essays, IF ONLY YOU PEOPLE COULD FOLLOW DIRECTIONS (Counterpoint Press, 2014), which was selected as a best debut book by the Indies Introduce New Voices program, the Indies Next List by the American Booksellers' Association, named a Best Book of 2014 by Kirkus Review, and a finalist for the Vermont Book Award. I publish essays, fiction, interviews, and book reviews in a variety of magazines and journals including The Threepenny Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Tin House, Poets & Writers, The Carolina Quarterly, Columbia Journal, Crab Orchard Review, PANK, The Rumpus, Drunken Boat and elsewhere. Currently hunkered down in Burlington, Vermont, I earn my keep as a freelance writer, editor, and writing coach, where I channel ten years of writing, editing, and teaching experience into helping emerging writers craft and publish their creative manuscripts. I am on the faculty at the low-residency MFA program at the University of Nebraska in Omaha and teach creative writing at Champlain College, Johnson State College, and Burlington College. It is my pleasure to serve as Managing & Nonfiction Editor of the literary journal, Green Mountains Review, where we publish some of the finest contemporary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. More information at jessicahnelson.com.