Ellen Hunnicutt
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Life
She attended Ball State UniversityBall State University
Ball State University is a state-run research university located in Muncie, Indiana. It is also known as Ball State or simply BSU.Located on the northwest side of the city, Ball State's campus spans and includes 106 buildings...
, El Camino College
El Camino College
El Camino College is a two-year public community college located partially in the unincorporated area of Alondra Park and partially in the City of Torrance in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is commonly referred to as "Elco" or "ECC"...
, and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, with a bachelor's degree and master's degree in 1984.
Her father was a musician and teacher and her grandfather was a violin maker. She married an engineer; they had three sons. She turned to children's fiction, writing as "E. M. Hunnicutt."
Her work appeared in Cimarron Review, Indiana Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, Prairie Schooner, "Boys Life," and South Dakota Review.
A resident of Big Bend, Wisconsin
Big Bend, Wisconsin
Big Bend is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:*Big Bend, Rusk County, Wisconsin*Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin...
, she taught piano and creative writing at Waukesha County Technical College
Waukesha County Technical College
Waukesha County Technical College is a technical college in Waukesha County, Wisconsin area. The college has campuses in Waukesha and Pewaukee...
, and University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
Awards
- 1986 Wisconsin Arts Board Literary Arts Fellowship
- 1987 Drue Heinz Literature PrizeDrue Heinz Literature PrizeThe Drue Heinz Literature Prize is a major American literary award for short fiction in the English language.This prize of the University of Pittsburgh Press in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA was initiated in 1981 by Mrs. Drue Heinz and developed by Frederick A. Hetzel...
for, In the Music Library - 1988 Banta Award, for Suite for Calliope
- first prize in fiction from the Council for Wisconsin Writers