non/linearjournal--about Maudy

Kirkus Reviews called Maudy Benz's novel Oh, Jackie "a stylish first novel" and "a frank and convincing portrait of a young woman's painful coming of age". Oh, Jackie was on Ingram's "distinctive title" list, was featured in Borders stores nationally and was a finalist for The Discover Great New Writers Series. The paperback edition in Berkley's Signature Series, was named a noteworthy paperback by The New York Times Book Review. Ms. Benz's lead story from her collection Dear Princess Di appeared in the Winter issue 2000 of The Virginia Quarterly Review . Other stories have been recently published in Ontario Review, Farmers Market and the Madison Review . Earlier stories won citations from The Nelson Algren Award, and the Mademoiselle fiction contest. Maudy Benz has written on literary culture for The News and Observer and has written memoir for The Oxford American Magazine. She has covered the American Dance Festival for several years for The Independent and has reviewed dance for The Washington Post. Benz was a fellow at the Wesleyan Writers Conference; has taught at Writing Women's Lives. Santa Fe, at The Iowa Summer Writing Festival and at Duke University's Short Courses Program. She has taught in Provence, France, with Southlands in 2002 and at The Iowa Summer Writing Festival 2002. She also teaches seminars out of her home and performs text and image presentations of her fiction adapted to large scale photographs in diptych. She is finishing a second novel entitled The Secret Diary of Rainer Braun.