Starred reviews pour in for MFAC faculty Laura Ruby's newest YA novel Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All. 

Hamline MFAC Alumna Blair Thornburgh Receives Multiple Starred Reviews for her new YA novel Ordinary Girls. 

Transitioning from planning for elephant migrations to a writing career might be challenging, but that’s exactly what Miriam Busch MFAC '14 managed to do.

For author J.J. Austrian MFAC '14, his message to his young readers is simple: you love who you love, and there's nothing wrong with that.

A freelance writer inexperienced in farming and 2,000 chickens walked into a coop; out comes Lucie Amundsen' MFA ’14 with her nonfiction debut, Locally Laid.

Why would Sarah Ahiers MFAC ’16, who already had a publishing contract with HarperTeen, join the MFAC program? To turn her beloved career into a lifestyle.

Studying astrophysics might have planted the idea in his head, but Peter Pearson MFAC ’12 wouldn't have been able to truly explain the etiquette of eating an airplane without Hamline's program.

For ten years, Josh Hammond MFAC ’16 settled for reading bedtime stories to his three kids. Now he's the one writing them.

Elizabeth Verdick MFAC ’13 found what was missing in her career writing books for children.

Sherrie Fernandez-Williams MFA '05 credits her time in the Hamline MFA program with starting her journey to where she is today: a writing instructor at the Loft Literary Center, a published author, and a program manager for the Loft’s Mentor Series and other events.

After four children and a film career full of twists and turns, Nell Ubbelohde MFA ’12 credits Hamline’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing with helping her to achieve her lifelong dream of becoming a writer.

With Hamline’s MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults, Christine Heppermann ’10 developed her craft and launched her career.

Kyle Adamson BFA ’12 always loved to write, but he did not take his craft seriously until he pursued the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Creative Writing.

Geoff Herbach MFA '06, award-winning published author and university professor, shares how Hamline's MFA in Creative Writing program shaped his life.

Wanting to create more opportunity for writers to share their work, Satish Jayaraj MFA ’06 started a series of reading events in unexpected locations.

Gretchen Marquette MFA '12 serves as an adjunct writing professor at Normandale Community College and at Hamline, all while working on her second book and writing poems for publication. While proud of her accomplishments, she knows she wouldn’t be where she is today without her unique Hamline experience.