Natalie Shiavone
Natalie Schiavone earned a BA in English Literature from the University of California, Irvine and both an MA in English Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing from Chapman University. She submitted Finding Middle C, a young adult novel, as her MFA thesis. She is currently working on a new novel and a couple of short stories. Some of her favorite writers include Zora Neale Hurston, Joyce Carol Oates, David Sedaris, Lorrie Moore, and David Mamet.