"Traversing the ordinary and the extraordinary (and everything in between) . . . [these] stories explore the tenuous threads of her characters’ relationships with humor and grit, humility and abandon.” —Sarah Gerkensmeyer, author of What You Are Now Enjoying
Fiction
Misty’s award-winning short fiction has appeared in international and national journals both in print and online, and in several anthologies. Her debut collection A LESSON IN MANNERS won the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award and was published by Snake Nation Press.
Scholarship
Misty holds a Ph.D. in Old and Middle English Literature from Cornell University and has published articles on medieval romance, medieval women, world literature, and European history. Her scholarly books focus on monstrous women like the legendary half-fairy, half-snake Melusine.
Other Publications
In addition to historical and contemporary fiction and medieval scholarship, Misty writes creative nonfiction, poetry, and regular reviews for Publishers Weekly, the Historical Novel Review, and femmeliterate. Out now: “On Reading the Letters of Sylvia Plath, Vol. 2” in 3Elements
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