Valerie Laken
- Associate Professor, English
Education
- MFA, Creative Writing, University of Michigan
- MA, Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Michigan
- BA, English and Russian, University of Iowa
Research Interests
- Creative Writing - Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
- Contemporary American Literature
- Creative Writing Pedagogy
- Disability Studies in Literature
Academic Awards
- Pushcart Prize The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Honorable Mention in the Best American Short Stories
Selected Publications
Laken, Valerie K. Separate Kingdoms Harper Perennial. 2011.
Laken, Valerie K. Dream House HarperCollins. 2009.