Elise Blackwell is an American novelist, born in Austin, Texas and raised primarily in southern Louisiana. She studied creative writing at Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University

Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...

 before entering the MFA Program of the University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA...

. She is the author of four novels: Hunger, The Unnatural History of Cypress Parish, Grub, and An Unfinished Score released in April 2010. Blackwell has also written short fiction and cultural criticism, that has appeared in such publications as Topic, Seed, Witness, Global City Review, and Quick Fiction. She is on the creative writing faculty of the University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

. More information can be found here: http://eliseblackwell.com.

• Elise Blackwell led discussion of Literary Fiction as guest host of LitChat on May 3, 2009.