Melissa Young Professorial Lecturer Department of Literature
- Degrees
- BA, history, Monmouth College MA, education, Stetson University MFA, creative writing, Southern Illinois University
- Bio
- Melissa Scholes Young is a writer and a teacher. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Ploughshares, Narrative, Poets & Writers, Brain, Child, Huffington Post, Poet Lore, and other literary journals. She is a Contributing Editor for Fiction Writers Review. In 2015, she was named a Bread Loaf Bakeless Camargo Fellow. Her novel, Flood, was published in 2017. She's also the Editor for an anthology of fiction by D.C. women titled Grace in Darkness.
- See Also
- Melissa Scholes Young's website
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
AU Experts
Area of Expertise
contemporary literature, Mark Twain, writings in political violence, protest literature, writing in K-12
Additional Information
Young's work has been published in Narrative, Poets & Writers, Brain, Child, Huffington Post, and other literary journals. She is a Contributing Editor with Fiction Writers Review and has been nominated twice for Pushcart Prizes.
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.