  Debra
Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a
B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She worked as a journalist and taught at Milwaukee Area
Technical College before beginning her graduate work. She
received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also
taught. She teaches English and Women’s Studies at
Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. For her fiction,
she has received a Ragdale residency and was a recent
finalist for the John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize, The
Cincinnati Review’s Schiff Prose Prize, and the Crab
Creek Review Fiction Prize. Her work has recently
appeared or is forthcoming in Calyx, Tampa Review,
Natural Bridge, The Laurel Review, RE:AL,
The Southern Women’s Review, The Cimarron Review,
Milwaukee Magazine, Phoebe, and other
publications. Debra Brenegan’s novel, Shame the Devil,
is a historical account of nineteenth-century American
writer Fanny Fern (SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions).
She is currently working on another novel, set in Missouri,
and on a short story collection. During the school year,
Debra lives in a 130-year-old house in Fulton with her
husband, Steve, and their elderly cat. They spend summers
and school breaks in their native Milwaukee. When not
teaching, writing, spending time with family or driving back
and forth to Wisconsin, Debra enjoys cooking, gardening,
reading and traveling.  Debra is available for readings or to speak with your group about historical fiction, Fanny Fern, or writing. Download sample interview questions. Contact Debra. |
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