Dawn Major

As a child, Dawn Major moved from California near Lawrenceton, Missouri—the town that inspired The Bystanders.

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Dawn Major is an associate editor at Southern Literary Review and has a graduate degree from the Etowah Valley Creative Writing Program. She was a recipient of the James Dickey Review Literary Editor Fellowship, the Dr. Robert Driscoll Excellence in Writing Award on Regional Themes, and Reinhardt University’s Faculty Choice Excellence in Writing Award.

Her writing may be found at: Well Read Magazine, Heavy Feather Review, Southern Literary Review, Georgia Gothic Anthology, Springer Mountain Press Summer Slasher Horror Anthology, Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies, Five Points: A Journal of Literature and Art, James Dickey Review, Sanctuary, Sediments Literary-Arts Journal, and Family Life Publications.

She is an active member in the southern writing scene in Atlanta and in the South and is a current member of the following writing organizations: Atlanta Writers Club, Broadleaf Writers Association, Horror Writers Association, Southeastern Writers Association, and Georgia Writers Association.

Major is a member of the William Gay Archive and has helped edit and publish the late author’s works. She also advocates for southern authors on her blog SouthernRead. She lives in Atlanta, GA with her husband and son. The Bystanders is Major’s debut novel. To learn more about Dawn Major, visit her author website at: www.dawnmajor.com.