Michelle Collins Anderson

Michelle Collins Anderson grew up on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks -- a place and a way of life that has shaped her writing. She has a Bachelor of Journalism (complete with internship at her tiny hometown paper) and an MFA from Warren Wilson College. She's been an adjunct professor at the University of Missouri and Stephens College, taught creative writing at her local elementary school, and served on the board of The Missouri Review. Her short fiction has appeared in Nimrod International Journal, Literal Latté, Midwestern Gothic, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozarks Studies, Bosque, The Lascaux Review, Pooled Ink, and Storied Hills: An Anthology of Contemporary Ozark Fiction, alongside several of her Ozark writing heroes including Daniel Woodrell. She lives in St. Louis and can be found online at MichelleAnderson.me.