| Connie May Fowler is a novelist, memoirist, and screenwriter. Her most recent work, The Problem with Murmur Lee, was published by Doubleday in January 2005 and will be published by Broadway Books on March 7, 2006. It was chosen as Redbook’s premier book club selection. In 2002 she published When Katie Wakes, a memoir that explores her descent and escape from an abusive relationship. She is the author of four critically acclaimed novels including Remembering Blue which was awarded the Chautauqua South Literary Award and Before Women had Wings, recipient of the 1996 Southern Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Buck Award from the League of American Pen Women. Three of her novels have been Dublin International Literary Award nominees. Ms. Fowler adapted Before Women had Wings for Oprah Winfrey. The result was an Emmy-winning film starring Ms. Winfrey and Ellen Barkin. Her work has been translated into 15 languages and is published worldwide. Her essays have been published in The New York Times, The London Times, The International Herald Tribune, Oxford American, and elsewhere. In 2003 Ms. Fowler performed in The Vagina Monologues alongside Jane Fonda and Rosie Perez in a production that raised over $100,000 for two charitable agencies that aid women and children in need. Her seventh book, a novel, is due out by Doubleday in 2008
In addition to writing, Ms. Fowler has held numerous jobs including bartender, nurse, antique peddler, and construction worker. From 1997-2003 she directed the Connie May Fowler Women Wings Foundation, an organization dedicated to aiding women and children in need. Ms. Fowler is the Irving Bacheller Professor of Creative Writing at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida and is director of the college’s writing series, Winter with the Writers, A Festival of the Literary Arts . She is a Florida native. |