Sheila Madary
Nonfiction writer

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I grew up in the Fingerlakes region of New York State, After completing my B.A. in Texas, I lived for over a decade in Europe as a student in Italy and in the U.K. and Germany with husband and children. 

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During my MA studies at the University of New Orleans, I discovered my love for the genre of creative nonfiction, and in 2011, I received the Seraphia Leyda Award for the best MA thesis in English. In 2022, The New Literary Project awarded me one of nine inaugural Jack Hazard Fellowships. 

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In addition to teaching English, and caring for my daughters, I continue to write and workshop a collection of essays about my family's experiences abroad and our encounters with local and refugee families in Germany.  

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