Fiction at the Terroir Creative Writing Festival
The imagination is the source of some of our most profound stories. Connect with other writers exploring fiction and meet our established pros at the festival this year!
Joe Wilkins
Joe Wilkins is the author of a novel, Fall Back Down When I Die, praised as “remarkable and unforgettable” in a starred review at Booklist; a memoir, The Mountain and the Fathers; and four collections of poetry, including Thieve and When We Were Birds, winner of the Oregon Book Award.
Melissa Hart
Eugene journalist Melissa Hart is the author of two middle-grade novels—Daisy Woodworm Changes the World and Avenging the Owl which was an Oregon Battle of the Books selection in 2019, as well as Better with Books: 500 Diverse Books to Ignite Empathy and Inspire Self-Acceptance in Tweens and Teens.
Michelle Ruiz Keil
Michelle Ruiz Keil is a playwright and author of the novels All of Us With Wings and Summer In The City of Roses, a finalist for the Ursula K. Le Guin prize for fiction. She lives with her family in Portland, Ore., in a cottage where the forest meets the city.
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