Chenoweth, Avery

Avery Chenoweth is the author of three other books. His novel-in-stories, Wingtips, was short-listed for the Library of Virginia Prize, and his two non-fiction books, Empires in the Forest: Jamestown and the Beginning of America, and Albemarle: a Story of Landscape and American Identity, together won almost two dozen national awards, including the non-fiction 2007 Ippy Gold Medal for the Mid-Atlantic region, for Empires in the Forest. He earned his MA in creative writing from Johns Hopkins, MFA from the University of Virginia, and BA from Vassar College.