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, March 30, 2009

The books are here, for real!


Look what UPS left on our porch today! Books in bubble wrap!

Do I look excited? I AM!

3 comments:

Collin Kelley said...

Congrats, Jessica. I'm reading it now, and hoping to be at least halfway done before we talk. If you have a second call me at the office this week.

Lisa Allender said...

YAAA for you, Ms. Jessica!
I can't wait to read this book! ;)

jessica handler said...

Thank you, Lisa!