



Though initially lured by the pragmatic academic world, Carpenter secretly nurtured her dream of writing stories, and, once the dust had settled on the dissertation, she gave herself over to what she’d known since she was a child-she was meant to be a storyteller. in English from the University of Mississippi. Welcome Dana!ĭana Chamblee Carpenter: In addition to the Bohemian Trilogy, Carpenter’s award winning short fiction has appeared in The Arkansas Review, Jersey Devil Press, Maypop, and, most recently in the anthologies, Dead Ends: Stories from the Gothic South, and Killer Nashville Noir: Cold Blooded.Īn Arkansas native, Carpenter received her Ph.D. She’s here to celebrate the launch of the third installment, Book of the Just. Her cross-genre Bohemian Trilogy has won multiple awards, as has her short fiction. This week I’m hosting the amazing Dana Chamblee Carpenter.
