Stephen Goodwin (M.A., University of Virginia, 1969) is the author of three novels, Breaking Her Fall, The Blood of Paradise, and Kin. His short fiction has appeared in Gentleman's Quarterly, Shenandoah, Sewanee Review, and the Georgia Review; and his articles, reviews and essays have appeared in a number of magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, American Scholar, and Virginia Quarterly Review. He has also written extensively about golf for regional and national magazines, focusing – as he does in his book, Dream Golf – on the history and current practice of golf course architecture. For two years, Goodwin directed the Literature Program at the National Endowment for the Arts, and he has received fellowships from the NEA, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In addition, he has served as the president of the foundation for the PEN/Faulkner literary prize. He teaches traditional workshops, courses in modern and contemporary American literature, and an online writing course that tries to keep up with the the rapidly changing environment of online writing and publishing.
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