http://www.hamline.edu/newsroom/http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294979730Sheila O'Connor's newest, Keeping Safe the Stars, is available October 11 (Putnam Juvenile). Celebrate at two launch events: October 13 at Wild Rumpus and October 21 at Red Balloon.2012-09-17http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294977488Midwest booksellers have nominated their favorite titles for the 2012 Midwest Booksellers, and our own Sheila O'Connor is among the finalists for her novel Sparrow Road 2012-06-22http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294977489 CWP Professor Sheila O'Connor was awarded an Artist Residency at the Anderson Center. She'll spend the month of June in-residence working on a new novel. 2012-06-01http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294976661MFA in Writing (fiction) faculty Sheila O'Connor has been granted tenure and promotion to associate professor in The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline.2012-05-15http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294977364MFA faculty Sheila O'Connor was awarded the Agnes Hulburd Conger Prize at Honors Day 2012.2012-05-07http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294975497Creative Writing Programs professor Sheila O'Connor has won the 2012 International Reading Association (IRA) award for her novel Sparrow Road.2012-04-27http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294973598 Almost 50 Creative Writing Programs (CWP) faculty, students, staff, and alums led panels, hosted an overflow crowd at a reception, and greeted conference-goers at the CWP booth in Chicago February 29-March 4  2012-03-06http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294977329MFA faculty Sheila O'Connor was honored by the Voice of Youth Advocates for her book Sparrow Road.2012-01-10http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294970966The novel, Sparrow Road, written by Sheila O'Connor, professor in The Creative Writing Programs at Hamline, has been honored by VOYA and Booklist as one of the Best Books of 2011.   2012-01-10http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=4294977227 MFA faculty Sheila O'Connor talks about Sparrow Road in an article written by alum Maureen Millea Smith. 2011-10-14http://www.hamline.edu/hunewsdetail.aspx?id=2147511495Asked to describe her inspiration for becoming an author, Sheila O’Connor, assistant professor of creative writing, said she knew before she had even learned to read.2011-05-05