Mary Helen Stefaniak
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Mary Helen Stefaniak is an American writer. She comes from the family of Croats from Hungary
, that originates from Novo Selo (Tótújfalu
) in Hungary, being thus a part of the indigenous Croatian minority in that country. She is the author of the books Self Storage and Other Stories, The Turk and My Mother and The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. Her collection of short stories Self Storage and Other Stories, received the Banta Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for the best book (fiction on non-fiction) published by a Wisconsin author in 1997. She is also the winner of the Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Stefaniak been featured in the antology New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2000. In September 2010, independent publishers rated her novel The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia as Indie-Next "Great Read".
She teaches creative writing
at Creighton University
in Omaha
, Nebraska
and at The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa
. She and her husband live in Iowa City. They have a son, Jeff, and two daughters, Liz and Lauren.
In 2011, she won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia.
Croats of Hungary
The Hungarian Croats are an ethnic minority in Hungary. According to the 2001 census, there were 25,730 Croats in Hungary or 0.26% of population....
, that originates from Novo Selo (Tótújfalu
Tótújfalu
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) in Hungary, being thus a part of the indigenous Croatian minority in that country. She is the author of the books Self Storage and Other Stories, The Turk and My Mother and The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. Her collection of short stories Self Storage and Other Stories, received the Banta Award from the Wisconsin Library Association for the best book (fiction on non-fiction) published by a Wisconsin author in 1997. She is also the winner of the Binghamton University John Gardner Fiction Book Award. Stefaniak been featured in the antology New Stories from the South: The Year's Best, 2000. In September 2010, independent publishers rated her novel The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia as Indie-Next "Great Read".
She teaches creative writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
at Creighton University
Creighton University
Creighton University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The university is accredited by...
in Omaha
Omaha
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, Nebraska
Nebraska
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and at The University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...
. She and her husband live in Iowa City. They have a son, Jeff, and two daughters, Liz and Lauren.
In 2011, she won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia.