Authors and Illustrators Database

Kelly Fordon

Born: 11/11/1967 
Parents: John William and Peggy Smeeton Stanton
Spouse: Frederick Post Fordon
Children: John Stanton; Charles Frederick; Megan Marie; Peter Townley
Address(es):
Permanent:
450 Neff Road
Grosse Pointe, MI 48230
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.kellyfordon.com
image of Kelly Fordon

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of The Witness The Witness
- Poetry chapbook edited by Sammy Greenspan. Awarded Eric Hoffer Award for the Chapbook and shortlisted for the Grand Prize.
Poetry Adult Cleveland Heights, Ohio : Kattywompus Press 2016
Image of Garden for the Blind: stories







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Garden for the Blind: stories Garden for the
- Captivating linked stories that follow a group of characters from an upscale suburb of Detroit over several decades. Michigan Notable Book, 2015
Fiction, Short Stories Adult Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press 2015
Image of Tell Me When it Starts to Hurt / Tell Me When it Starts to Hurt /
- Sammy Greenspan, editor.
Poetry Adult Cleveland Heights, Ohio : Kattywompus Press 2013
Image of On the Street Where We Live On the Street Where We Live
- Tina Puckett, editor.
Poetry Adult Kent, Ohio : Standing Rock Cultural Arts, Rock in the River Literary Series : in association with the SRCA 2011 Open Poetry Chapbook Competition 2012
Ghost writers : us haunting them : contemporary Michigan literature
- Included in the collection. edited by Keith Taylor and Laura Kasischke.
Fiction, Michigan, Supernatural/Paranormal Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 2011
Other writings:
- work has appeared in The Florida Review, The Kenyon Review (KRO), Rattle and various other journals. For further listings of Published Works, see the author's website.
Fiction, Poetry Adult
What is the aim or goal of your writing: I attribute my success to perseverance and passion for writing.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes
Please contact me via my website.

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Book reviewer, Educator

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 1989

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Creative Writing Instructor College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 2017
Writer-in-Residence Inside Out Literary Arts Project Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 2013
Workshop Facilitator Various Conferences 2013
Creative Writing Instructor Springfed Arts Metro Detroit, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent 2011

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