The IWJ has an interview with award-winning novelist Antonya Nelson. In her continuing series, "Mothers Who Write," Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D. talks with Antonya Nelson, author of Female Trouble (Scribner) and Talking in Bed (Scribner). She is the recipient of the Chicago Tribune's Heartland Award, the PEN Nelson Algren Award, the Rea Award, the O. Henry Prize, and a Pushcart Prize. In this exclusive interview, Antonya talks about how she got her start, how motherhood has influenced her work and how an MFA in Creative Writing can help a novelist.
