Staff Spotlight

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Ruth Towne Ruth Towne is the author of So the Sadness Could Not Hurt and Res­ur­rec­tion of the Man­nequins, both with Kelsay Books (2025). She is a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of South­ern Maine’s…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Kit Ball What do you write? Popular fiction, more leaning towards horror and dark fantasy Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work? I’ve always loved Ray Brad­bury, lately I’ve been…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Olivia Savill What do you write?   I create mul­ti­me­dia nar­ra­tives in which my own prose, illus­tra­tions, and graphic design all bring their own exclu­sive meaning to the work. The illus­tra­tions and graphic design are…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Abigail Bokaer What do you write?   I write fiction. I’m working on a novel called Tunisian Cowboy, based on my father’s life growing up in North Africa and his passion for the cinema, which…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Jeanne Lawson What do you write?   Crime fiction stories that are set on the coast of Maine, the history of various aspects of Maine that I find inter­est­ing, and short stories that are snippets…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Sarah Meierdirks What do you write? I write popular fiction novels and plays! Is there an author or artist who has most pro­found­ly influ­enced your work? When it comes to play­writ­ing, prob­a­bly Paula Vogel. But more importantly,…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Dinah McCahan Dinah McCahan lives in Col­orado, and enjoys skiing and boul­der­ing.  What do you write?  To be honest, I’m still fig­ur­ing it out! I grav­i­tate towards genre fiction, but I’m always excited to try…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Jeanne Lawson Jeanne Lawson makes her home on the coast in Down East Maine and con­sid­ers it a daily bless­ing to see, smell, and expe­ri­ence the ocean. Her career choices includ­ed pro­fes­sion­al posi­tions in…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Shayna Carreau Shayna Carreau is an emerg­ing author in the fan­­ta­sy/s­­ci-fi genre. She founded the Please Die Writers Guild, a group that hosts writing work­shops. She is study­ing popular fiction with hopes of becoming…

Stonecoast Review The Lit­er­ary Journal of the Stonecoast MFA Staff Spot­light Allexa Gallant Alexa Gallant is a writer from Augusta, Maine. She grad­u­at­ed with her B.A. in Writing, Lit­er­a­ture, and Pub­lish­ing from Emerson College in 2021. Her plays have been pro­duced by the Maine Playwrights…