Creative Writing in the Real World: A Reader for Writers

A primer which teaches a lot about what can be learned in a Master of Fine Arts in Writing program of study, as the author charts his work completed through such a program. He shares very valuable insights for the novice and the professional writer.

Shawn Kerivan was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1964. He attended the University of Maine at Orono. After working as a carpenter, a driver for a seafood wholesaler, and a ski instructor, he moved to France with his wife and began writing. He sold his first short story in 1994, and since then he has published more than 50 short stories, articles, and columns. After moving to Montreal, then settling in northern Vermont to become an innkeeper, he attended Goddard College, where he received an M.F.A. in creative writing. His first book, a collection of short stories called Name the Boy, was published in 2007, and his memoir of innkeeping, A Brief History of Innkeeping in the 21st Century, was published by The Vermont Press in 2014.