Virginia Pye
Instructor
About Virginia
Virginia Pye’s collection, Shelf Life of Happiness, was awarded the 2019 IPPY Gold Medal in short fiction. Her two historical novels, Dreams of the Red Phoenix (2015) and River of Dust (2013) also received literary honors. Her essays and stories have appeared in Literary Hub, The New York Times, The Rumpus, Huffington Post, Tampa Review, North American Review, Baltimore Review, and elsewhere. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence and has taught writing at conferences and universities, in high schools and at GrubStreet. Visit her at: www.virginiapye.com.