C.A. MacConnell

A nationally published writer, C.A. MacConnell earned a master’s degree in English and Creative Writing from Hollins University in 1998. Undergraduate: B.A. in English/Writing, Film concentration. At Hollins, MacConnell won both the notable Hollins Fiction Prize, and the Hollins Literary Festival Poetry Prize. For over twenty-five years, she has worked with numerous well-known authors -- poets, novelists, and screenwriters.

In 2005, MacConnell won first prize in Cincinnati's Mercantile Library Short Story Contest. To date, her work has appeared in many anthologies, magazines, novels, literary journals, and poetry magazines, such as Analecta 25: University of Texas at Austin, Cincinnati Magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse, Cincinnati CityBeat, CiNWeekly, The Album Literary Magazine, Cargoes Literary Magazine, and the book, From Here to There: Stories of Mobile Virginians.

Also in 2005, and for eight consecutive years following, MacConnell wrote articles for Cincinnati's CityBeat Magazine; she was a regular column writer for two sections of the publication -- music and creative nonfiction (Living Out Loud) -- and she also contributed articles for the news, arts, and film sections. In 2010 and 2011, for her CityBeat music writing, she won the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists Award: "Best Rock and Roll Feature Writing."

Since 2013, she has focused on writing books. All C.A. MacConnell novels available on Amazon NOW! MacConnell is the sole creator, writer, editor, and designer of all work on her novels.