Leigh Newman

Background

Newman grew up Anchorage, Alaska and Baltimore, Maryland, traveling between the two cities.

Education

Newman got her Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University in 1993 and her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2006.

Career

Her memoir about Alaska, Still Points North was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle"s John Leonard First Book Prize. Early work Her fiction, essays and book reviews have appeared in One Story, Tin House, The New York Times" Modern Love and The New York Times Book Review, Fiction, New York Tyrant, Vogue, O, The Oprah Magazine, Bookforum, Condé Nast Brides, Condé Nast Concierge, Travel Holiday, Ski, and Frommer’s Budget Travel. She has served as Deputy Editor of Oprah.com and editor-at-large for the indie press Black Balloon Publishing.

Still Points North Editorial Duties She currently serves as Books Editor of Oprah.com.

Teaching Newman is a visiting writer at the Sarah Lawrence Master of Fine Arts program

Achievements

• She has received fiction fellowships from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Corporation of Yaddo. In 2014, she was a Bread Loaf Writers" Conference Fellow.