Discipline: Literature – fiction

Shauna Seliy

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Monroeville, PA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2004
Shauna Seliy is an American novelist. She has received Fellowships from Yaddo and MacDowell. From 2003-2004, she was the Writer-in-Residence at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. Seliy is currently the artist in residence in the English Department at Northwestern University. Seliy's most notable work is her novel When We Get There. Published on May 21, 2007, this book tells the story of 13-yrar-old Lucas, an only child living in the 1970s coal town of Banning, PA. The youngest member of a large and boisterous Eastern European family, Lucas is taken care of by his grandmother, affectionately known as Slats, after his mother, Mirjana, mysteriously disappears. When Zoli, Mirjana's admirer, takes it upon himself to find his lost love, violence and conflict ensue until Lucas decides to look for his mother himself. Seliy has won several awards for When We Get There, including best book of the year by Sunday Independent, best debut of the year by Metro UK, and was a Booklist Editor's Choice in 2007.

Studios

Star

Shauna Seliy worked in the Star studio.

Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…

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