Timothy Schaffert

Assistant Professor

Degrees and institutions granting the degree

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, BA
• University of Arizona, MFA

Professional Areas of Specialty:

• Creative Writing
• Fiction Writing

Courses regularly taught:

• Fiction Writing, Twentieth Century Fiction

Selected publications and/or projects:

• “The Swan Gondola” (a novel, forthcoming in 2014 from Riverhead/Penguin)
• “The Coffins of Little Hope” (a novel, Unbridled Books, 2011)
• “Devils in the Sugar Shop” (a novel, Unbridled Books, 2007)
• “The Singing and Dancing Daughters of God” (a novel, Unbridled Books, 2005)
• “The Phantom Limbs of the Rollow Sisters” (a novel, Blue Hen/Penguin, 2002)

Awards

Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers, New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Book Sense pick, Nebraska Book Award, Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award, Mary Roberts Rinehart Award.