Virginia Reiser (1946-2016) was an accomplished writer, and was working on a second novel when she passed. She edited a book of poetry and had a short story published, “Pasta Della Nonna” which was made into a play. A cultured artist who painted and appreciated all forms of art, she gave great support to many artists through the years. She was also an extraordinary chef having lived in Tuscany in 1984 to study the cuisine long before it became popular to do so. She graduated from Indiana University in 1971 with a degree in English literature.
Her twin passions of cooking and writing led her to explore both deeply, first by opening a successful café and catering business, and later by completing her Master of Fine Arts in writing at Vermont College in 2006.
At MacDowell, Reiser worked on short stories for a collection, The Greatest of These. She also began a novel with the working title The Soul Sits Alone.
