About Me

Atlanta, Georgia, United States
My first book, "Invisible Sisters: A Memoir" has been named one of "Twenty Five Books All Georgians Should Read!" I would love to visit your bookclub, either in person (in the South) or through the magic of electronics. My writing has received a "Special Mention" for a 2008 Pushcart Prize. I have been honored with a residency at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Bethany, CT., a Fellowship at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts in Rabun Gap, Georgia, and the 2009 Peter Taylor Nonfiction Fellowship at the Kenyon Review Writers Workshop. Locally, I teach workshops in creative writing, memoir, and feature journalism, and am a member of the faculty of an art college, where I teach screenwriting. I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University of Charlotte (N.C.) and a B.S. in Communication from Emerson College, in Boston. I used to work in television. I did not push the broom behind the elephant. Usually, I served as mahout - I drove the (allegorical) elephant. If he was SAG or AFTRA. Rock stars do not scare me.

Monday, February 23, 2009

Debut!

It's official - the "April 30 debut of local memoirist" - (me) at A Cappella Books in Little Five Points!

A reading, a signing, and my own real-live books, here in Atlanta.

Y'all please come.

6 comments:

Collin Kelley said...

Congrats!

jessica handler said...

Thanks, Collin!

Bee said...

I am really looking forward to reading your book. Very exciting! xx

jessica handler said...

Thanks, Bee! Wish you could be in town for this. Charlottesville next year, I hope!

Bee said...

I wish so, too. So proud of you, Jessica. In awe.

Mickey Dubrow said...

Sounds like fun. I want to come.