Janet Burroway is the author of eight novels including Raw Silk (runner-up for the National Book Award), Opening Nights, Cutting Stone, and the 2009 Bridge of Sand. Her Writing Fiction is the most widely used creative writing text in America, and Imaginative Writing is in preparation for its third edition.  Recent works include the plays Sweepstakes, Medea With Child, and Parts of Speech; and a collection of essays, Embalming Mom. She is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at the Florida State University. janetburroway.com