Melissa Pritchard
Morgan Duke
Melissa Pritchard is the author of thirteen books, including the short story collections The Carnation Milk Palace (forthcoming from Bellevue Literary Press in January 2027) and The Odditorium, the novels Flight of the Wild Swan and Palmerino, and the essay collection A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write. Among other honors, she has received the Flannery O’Connor Award, Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, and Carl Sandburg Literary Award, as well as fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Carson McCullers Center. Emeritus Professor of English and Women’s Studies at Arizona State University, she lives in Columbus, Georgia.
