Melissa Scholes Young Explained

Birth Place:Hannibal, Missouri, U.S.
Nationality:American
Occupation:Author, professor
Employer:American University
Alma Mater:Southern Illinois University (MFA)
Stetson University (MA)
Monmouth College (BA)
Known For:Creative Writing
Notable Works:Flood, "A Soft Place to Rest," American Fiction vol. 15
Awards:Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship, 2015

Melissa Scholes Young (born 1975) is an American writer.

Life

Scholes Young was born in Hannibal, Missouri. She graduated from Monmouth College with a BA in history, from Stetson University with an MA in education, and from Southern Illinois University with an MFA in Creative Writing. She is an associate professor in literature at American University.

Career

Scholes Young edited two volumes of new work by women writers, Grace in Darkness (2018)[1] and Furious Gravity (2020),[2] which was featured on the Kojo Nnamdi Show,[3] Washington Independent Review of Books,[4] [5] Medium,[6] and at Politics & Prose Bookstore.

She is a contributing editor for Fiction Writers Review[7] and Editor of the Grace & Gravity anthology.[8] Her writing has appeared in American Fiction,[9] The Atlantic,[10] Literary Hub,[11] Ms. Magazine,[12] Narrative, Origins Literary Magazine,[13] Ploughshares, Poet Lore, Poets & Writers,[14] The Washington Independent Review of Books,[15] and The Washington Post.[16]

Scholes Young attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2014 and was awarded the Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellowship in 2015.[17]

She also published her debut novel, Flood, in 2017.[18] The novel received reviews from residents and press[19] [20] [21] in Hannibal, Missouri: Scholes Young's hometown, Mark Twain's hometown, and the setting and inspiration of the novel.[22] The novel also received attention from the literary community in Washington, D.C.[23] [24] and brought rise to Scholes Young's creative writing career as an emerging author in the nation's capital.[25]

Scholes Young, sharing a hometown with Mark Twain, has written fiction[26] [27] [28] that reimagines Tom and Huck's famous friendship as female and scholarship[29] concerned with the character portrayal of Becky Thatcher.[30] [31]

Scholes Young's second novel, The Hive,[32] is forthcoming in 2021 from Turner Publishing.[33] The novel has been optioned by Sony Entertainment.[34]

She teaches in the Department of Literature at American University in Washington, D.C. where she champions first-generation student issues.[35] [36]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: grace in darkness . 2023-04-28 . Grace and Gravity . en.
  2. Web site: home . 2023-04-28 . Grace and Gravity . en.
  3. Web site: D.C.'s Literary Women Are The Force Behind "Furious Gravity" . 2023-04-28 . The Kojo Nnamdi Show . en-US.
  4. Web site: Stretching the Table Washington Independent Review of Books . 2023-04-28 . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com.
  5. Web site: A Socially Distanced Debut Washington Independent Review of Books . 2023-04-28 . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com.
  6. Web site: Leistra . Matt . 2020-05-02 . Local Artist Scores Cover of Literature Anthology . 2023-04-28 . 730DC . en.
  7. Web site: Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . Fiction Writers Review.
  8. Scholes Young, Melissa, “Oxygen in Use,” Abundant Grace, Paycock Press, 2016.
  9. Web site: 2016-11-02 . American Fiction: Volume 15 New Rivers Press . 2023-04-28 . en-US.
  10. Web site: Young . Melissa Scholes . Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . The Atlantic . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2020-11-24 . On the Extravagance of Mark Twain's Family Dishes . 2023-04-28 . Literary Hub . en-US.
  12. Web site: Spillar . Kathy . 2021-02-22 . The Ms. Must-Read: 'What Kind of America Will This Be?' . 2023-04-28 . Ms. Magazine . en-US.
  13. Web site: "The Politics of Dialect" by Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . Origins . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2016-02-10 . A Residency of One's Own: Navigating the Complicated Path to a Writers Retreat . 2023-04-28 . Poets & Writers . en.
  15. Web site: Washington Independent Review of Books . 2023-04-28 . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com.
  16. News: Why teachers struggle to teach their own children . en-US . Washington Post . 2023-04-28 . 0190-8286.
  17. Web site: Middlebury Bread Loaf Writers' Conferences . 2023-04-28 . www.middlebury.edu . en.
  18. Flood, Center Street, Hachette Book Group, 2017, .
  19. Web site: 2017-07-12 . Friends, Family and Floods . 2023-04-28 . Boone County Journal . en-US.
  20. Web site: Hannibal native debuts first novel . 2023-04-28 . Hannibal.net . 19 June 2017 . en.
  21. Web site: Szatala . Ashley . Hannibal native publishes debut novel, draws inspiration from Twain . 2023-04-28 . Herald-Whig . 24 June 2017 . en.
  22. Web site: Ohanesian . Aline . Holding Difficult Truths: An Interview with Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . Fiction Writers Review.
  23. Web site: Meet Melissa Scholes Young Washington Independent Review of Books . 2023-04-28 . www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com.
  24. Web site: 2017-06-30 . Seeing Your Hometown Through the Fresh Eyes of Fiction . 2023-04-28 . Literary Hub . en-US.
  25. Handscombe, Claire, "5 D.C. authors you should know (and their latest books)", DC Refined, May 18, 2017.
  26. Web site: Donnell . Kevin Mac . 2017-11-07 . Mark Twain Forum Reviews – Flood: A Novel by Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . Center for Mark Twain Studies . en-US.
  27. Web site: Lemak . Joe . 2018-10-18 . Author of Award-Winning Novel "Flood" Continues the Fall Trouble Begins Series . 2023-04-28 . Center for Mark Twain Studies . en-US.
  28. Web site: jmwwblog . 2017-07-19 . Excerpt: Flood by Melissa Scholes Young . 2023-04-28 . JMWW . en.
  29. Web site: Mark Twain Journal . 2023-04-28 . THE MARK TWAIN JOURNAL . en.
  30. Web site: 2019-01-22 . 2019 Quarry Farm Fellows . 2023-04-28 . Center for Mark Twain Studies . en-US.
  31. Web site: Young . Melissa Scholes . 2019-12-23 . The Crane House Speaks (A Quarry Farm Testimonial) . 2023-04-28 . Center for Mark Twain Studies . en-US.
  32. Featured on Bookshop.org
  33. https://www.turnerpublishing.com/books/detail/the-hive Turner Publishing
  34. Media . Dreamscape . Dreamscape Media Inks Exclusive Worldwide Audio Partnership with Turner Publishing Company . 2023-04-28 . www.prnewswire.com . en.
  35. Web site: Housman . Patty . First-Gen Welcome . 2023-04-28 . American University . 25 October 2016 . en.
  36. "First-gen professors reach out to first-gen students," Education Advisory Board, May 11, 2016.