B.A. 1979 University of Idaho
M.A. 1991 University of Arizona
M.F.A. 2004 Bennington Collge
On the PSU faculty since 2004

FIELDS: Memoir; literary nonfiction; magazine writing and editing; journalism

BIOGRAPHY: Debra Gwartney earned an MFA in Nonfiction and Literature from Bennington College and an MA in journalism from the University of Arizona. She is the author of a memoir, Live Through This, which is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Books for a Better Life Award. The book was shortlisted for both the PNBA Award and the Oregon Book Award in 2009, and was named one of the top ten books of the year by The Oregonian. Her work has appeared in many publications, including the Modern Love column in The New York Times, as well as Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Prairie Schooner, Triquarterly, Kenyon Review, Washington Square Review, and Salon.com. She's been awarded fellowships from the Wurlitzer Foundation, Literary Arts, Hedgebrook, and the American Antiquarian Society. She's a former correspondent for Newsweek and for The Oregonian.

BOOKS
Live Through This, Houghton Mifflin, February 2009
Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape (co-edited with Barry Lopez), Trinity University Press 2006