Nancy McCabe

Nancy McCabe is the author of four memoirs, most recently From Little Houses to Little Women: Revisiting a Literary Childhood (Missouri 2014). She has also published several dozen stories and essays in literary magazines as well as articles in The Los Angeles Review of Books, Newsweek, and Writer's Digest. Her work has received a Pushcart Prize, five listings in the notable section of Best American Essays, and a recognition on the notable list of Best American Nonrequired Reading. She holds an MFA in fiction-writing from the University of Arkansas and a PhD in fiction-writing from the University of Nebraska. She currently directs the writing program at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and teaches in Spalding University's low-residency MFA in writing program.