Education
She earned a Bachelor (1986) in English and an Master of Fine Arts (1991) in Creative Writing from the University of Utah.
She earned a Bachelor (1986) in English and an Master of Fine Arts (1991) in Creative Writing from the University of Utah.
Her novel Places to Look for a Mother (2002) and her collection of short stories The Husband"s Dilemma (2004) were published by Carroll & Graf, and her shorter works have appeared in The Threpenny Review, PRISM international, and Yellow Silk. Stansbury has been honored numerous times for her work including several grants from the Utah Arts Council. Stansbury"s works concern a range of issues including modern life in the western United States, particularly life in Utah.
The setting for most of her work is domestic: her first novel concerns a mother-daughter relationship in the midst of a disintegrating family.