Annie Dawid teaches creative writing at the University College, University of Denver. She was formerly professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. Annie won the 2022 Screencraft Award in the Cinematic Novel and the 2022 Short Story award from Chipping Norton (UK). Other awards include the Dana Award in the Essay, the Orlando Flash Fiction Award, The New Rocky Mountain Voices Award (drama) and the Northern Colorado Award in Creative Non-Fiction. Her 6th book, PARADISE UNDONE: A NOVEL OF JONESTOWN, was published 11/18/23, the 45th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre by Inkspot Publishing of the UK and distributed worldwide. The book has received a dozen positive reviews thus far, and she has been on 6 podcast-interviews, available online. Her fifth book, PUT OFF MY SACKCLOTH, was published in 2021 by The Humble Essayist Press. It was a finalist for the International Rubery Award in Non-Fiction. Her poetry chapbook, ANATOMIE OF THE WORLD, was published in 2017 by Finishing Line Press. Her three prior volumes of fiction are: York Ferry: A Novel, Cane Hill Press, 1993, second printing, winner of 2016 International Rubery Award in Fiction Lily in the Desert: Stories, Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 2001 And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Litchfield Review Press, 2009 Annie Dawid teaches creative writing at the University College, University of Denver. She was formerly professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR. Annie won the 2022 Screencraft Award in the Cinematic Novel and the 2022 Short Story award from Chipping Norton (UK). Other awards include the Dana Award in the Essay, the Orlando Flash Fiction Award, The New Rocky Mountain Voices Award (drama) and the Northern Colorado Award in Creative Non-Fiction. Her 6th book, PARADISE UNDONE: A NOVEL OF JONESTOWN, was published 11/18/23, the 45th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre by Inkspot Publishing of the UK and distributed worldwide. The book has received a half-dozen positive reviews thus far, and she has been on 6 podcast-interviews, available online. Her fifth book, PUT OFF MY SACKCLOTH, was published in 2021 by The Humble Essayist Press. It was a finalist for the International Rubery Award in Non-Fiction. Her poetry chapbook, ANATOMIE OF THE WORLD, was published in 2017 by Finishing Line Press. Her three prior volumes of fiction are: York Ferry: A Novel, Cane Hill Press, 1993, second printing, winner of 2016 International Rubery Award in Fiction Lily in the Desert: Stories, Carnegie-Mellon University Press, 2001 And Darkness Was Under His Feet: Stories of a Family, Litchfield Review Press, 2009