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.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Awww, thanks, AJC!


What a nice surprise to find this in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and in the good company of friends and jaw-dropping writers Joshilyn Jackson and Karin Slaughter

You're coming to the Decatur Book Festival, right?

PS the image is NOT devil horns. It's "I love you" in ASL.
Posted by at 7:14 PM

4 comments:

Collin Kelley said...

See you at the festival! xo

August 28, 2011 12:26 AM
Alison Law said...

Hope to see you next weekend. Bringing my book this time for you to sign. :) Alison

August 28, 2011 12:55 PM
jessica handler said...

@Alison - oh, good. Will inscribe away!

August 28, 2011 4:48 PM
Annette Gendler said...

Jessica - you've been named as a recipient of the Liebster award, head on over to my blog to find out more about it!

August 30, 2011 7:18 AM

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