Virginia Pye’s debut novel, River of Dust, is an Indie Next Pick for May, 2013. Her award-winning short stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, including The North American Review, Failbetter, The Baltimore Review and Tampa Review. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence and taught writing at New York University, The University of Pennsylvania and helped run a literary non-profit in Richmond, Virginia for years. For more about her, visit: www.virginiapye.com
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