Janet Burroway

Janet Burroway is the author of plays, poetry, children’s books, and eight novels, including Raw Silk, The Buzzards, Opening Nights, Cutting Stone, and Bridge of Sand. Her Writing Fiction is the most widely used creative writing text in America. Recent works include the plays Sweepstakes, Medea with Child, and Parts of Speech, which have received readings and productions in New York, London, San Francisco, Hollywood, Chicago, and various regional theatres; a collection of essays, Embalming Mom; and her memoir, Losing Tim. The recipient of the Florida Humanities Council’s 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing, she is the Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita of the Florida State University.