McConigley, Nina

Nina McConigley is the author of the story collection Cowboys and East Indians, which won the 2014 PEN Open Book Award and a High Plains Book Award. She was born in Singapore and grew up in Wyoming. She holds an MFA from the University of Houston and an MA from the University of Wyoming. She was named by Glamour Magazine as one of '50 Phenomenal Women Making a Difference' in 2014, and her book was named one of 2014's Best Prize Winning books by O, Oprah Magazine. She has been a fellow at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference and held scholarships to the Sewanee Writers' Conference, and been nomin...