About C.A. MacConnell...
C.A. MacConnell earned a master’s degree in English and Creative Writing from Hollins University in 1998. Undergraduate: B.A. in English and Creative Writing, minor in Film. At Hollins, MacConnell won both the notable Hollins Fiction Prize (for novel-length fiction), and the Hollins Literary Festival Poetry Prize. For over twenty-five years, she has worked with numerous well-known writers -- poets, journalists, novelists, and screenwriters.
In 2005, MacConnell won first prize in The Mercantile Library Short Story Contest. To date, her work has appeared in many anthologies, magazines, novels, and literary journals, such as Analecta: University of Texas at Austin, Cincinnati Magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse, Cincinnati CityBeat, CiNWeekly, Streetvibes, Article 25, The Album Literary Magazine, Cargoes Literary Magazine, and the book, From Here to There: Stories of Mobile Virginians. Copywriting: Forbes, U.S. News and World Report, House Beautiful, Good Housekeeping, Appalachia Service Project, United States Equestrian Team, Animal Legal Defense Fund, Grand Canyon Association, American Forests, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and an abundance of other international nonprofit organizations.
Also, in 2005 (and for eight consecutive years following), MacConnell was a regular column writer for CityBeat Magazine. Mainly, she contributed to two sections of the publication -- "CityBeat Music" (interviews and profiles) and "Living Out Loud" (creative nonfiction). She also wrote news, arts, and film pieces. In 2010 and 2011, for her CityBeat music writing, she won the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award: "Best Rock and Roll Feature Writing."
Over the years, her raw, brave advocacy writing has created national public interest and attention. MacConnell was invited to speak in front of House Representatives and later traveled wide to read and give talks at convention centers, universities, non-profit organizations, fire and police stations, and more. Soon after, she appeared on national television for a feature news story and met with several area journalists, and in 2009, she was interviewed locally as the "Spotlight Woman of the Year."
All C.A. MacConnell novels are available on Amazon. Author Page.
(2013) GRIFFIN FARM
(2017) THE HOUSE OF ANCHOR
(2019) STRANGE SKIN
(2021) THE HOLE
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For more samples of C.A. MacConnell comedy writing and character voices, go here: F'n Rad Dating Site.
MacConnell is the sole creator, writer, editor, and designer of all work on this blog and all work on her novels. All writing/photos on this blog, unless otherwise credited, are the exclusive property of the author, full rights reserved, Ⓒ C. A. MacConnell 2024.
