Nic Pizzolatto

M.F.A. (University of Arkansas)
Assistant Professor
320a Asbury Hall
Phone: (765) 658-6565
E-mail: nicholaspizzolatto@depauw.edu

Nic Pizzolatto received his MFA from the University of Arkansas in 2005, where he was the first student awarded the $10,000 Walton Foundation Fellowship in Creative Writing two years in a row. His fiction has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Oxford American, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, and various other publications, and was among the finalists for the National Magazine Award in Fiction. He’s also received a citation for the Pushcart Prize and a Lily Peter Award for his poetry. His collection of short stories Between Here and the Yellow Sea was published in 2006. It was long-listed for the International Frank O’Connor Award, and named by Poets & Writers Magazine as one of the top five fiction debuts of the year. His work is featured in Best American Mystery Stories 2009, and his first novel, "Galveston," will be published by Scribner in May, 2010.

Fall 2009:

• ENG 130e: College Writing II
• ENG 302: Creative Writing II: Fiction Topics:How Fiction Works