56: Elizabeth Gauffreau- Author of Telling Sonny

Liz’s novel, loosely based on snippets of family lore about her paternal grandfather, encompasses American life in the 1920’s in Vermont and is rich in historical detail about early vaudeville and small town America.  She found a home for her novel with a small press which had earlier published several of her short stories. Elizabeth Gauffreau holds a BA in English/Writing from Old Dominion University and an MA in English/Fiction Writing from the University of New Hampshire. Her fiction publications include short stories in  Adelaide Literary Magazine, The Long Story, Soundings East, Ad Hoc Monadnock, Rio Grande Review, Blueline, Slow Trains, Hospital Drive, and  Serving House Journal, among others. Her poetry has appeared in  The Writing On The Wall, The Larcom Review, and  Natural Bridge. Her debut novel Telling Sonny was published by Adelaide Books in 2018.  Liz grew up a child of the 1960s in northern New England before spending twenty years in the South as a Navy wife. After working for Granite State College in Concord, New Hampshire for eighteen years, she recently accepted a faculty position as Assistant Dean of Curriculum and Assessment at Champlain College Online in Burlington, Vermont. In addition to academic advising, teaching, and higher education administration, her professional background includes assessment of prior experiential learning for college credit. She lives in Nottingham, New Hampshire with her husband; their daughter has flown the nest to live in sunny California. To learn more about Liz, click here.