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Kelly McMasters is the author of THE LEAVING SEASON: A Memoir-in-Essays (WW Norton, 5.23) and co-editor of WANTING: Women Writing About Desire (Catapult, 2.23). Her first book, WELCOME TO SHIRLEY: A Memoir from an Atomic Town, was listed as one of Oprah's top 5 summer memoirs and the basis for the documentary film The Atomic States of America, a 2012 Sundance selection. She is also co-editor, along with Margot Kahn, of the anthology THIS IS THE PLACE: Women Writing About Home, a NY Times Book Review Editor’s Choice. Kelly is a former bookshop owner. Her essays, reviews and articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post Magazine, The American Scholar, River Teeth: A Journal of Creative Nonfiction, Kirkus, Newsday, Domino and Elle Decor, among others. She holds a BA from Vassar College and an MFA from Columbia's School of the Arts and is the recipient of both a Pushcart nomination and an Orion Book Award nomination. Kelly has taught at mediabistro.com, Franklin & Marshall College, NYU, The New School, and in the undergraduate writing program and Journalism Graduate School at Columbia University. She is currently an Associate Professor of English and Director of Publishing Studies at Hofstra University in NY. www.kellymcmasters.com

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