Joseph Skibell, 24th Annual ODU Literary Festival

Joseph Skibell, teaches at Emory University. He has worked as a bread baker, copy editor, journalist, screenwriter, and bartender. His stories have appeared in such literary journals as Story magazine, and many of his plays have been produced nationally. In the past 15 years, he has received numerous literary honors, including a Helene Wurlitzer Foundation grant, a New Mexico Creative Arts Division/NEA grant, a James A. Michener Fellowship, and the Jay C. and Ruth Hall Fellowship for Fiction. He is the author of the novel A Blessing on the Moon