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About Emily Ruskovich

Emily Ruskovich is an assistant professor with the Department of Theatre, Film, and Creative Writing since 2016. She earned her M.F.A. in Creative Writing specializing in Fiction from the University of Iowa, and her M.A. in English from the University of New Brunswick in Canada. Ms. Ruskovich’s most recent publication Idaho: A Novel is listed on the L.A. Times Bestseller list and is a shortlisted finalist for the Dylan Thomas International Prize, The Edger Allen Poe Award for Best First Novel, and the New York Library’s Young Lion’s Awared. Her short story Owl was selected for the 2015 O. Henry Prize. While Ms. Ruskovich's specialty is fiction, but she also has experience writing and teaching both poetry and non-fiction, as well as writing and editing screenplays.

Positions

January 2016 - Present Assistant Professor, Boise State University ‐ Department of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing
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2013 Instructor, University of Colorado, Denver
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2011 - 2012 Fiction Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2010 - 2011 Teaching-Writing Fellow, University of Iowa
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Honors and Awards

  • 2007 - Merriam-Frontier Award for Fiction, University of Montana
  • 2009 - David-Walker Prize for Fiction, University of New Brunswick
  • 2011 - Taylor-Chehak Prize for Excellence in Fiction, Iowa Writers' Workshop
  • 2015 - O.Henry Prize for "Owl"
  • 2019 - International Dublin Literary Award for the novel "Idaho"

Education

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2011 M.F.A. - Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Iowa ‐ Iowa Writers' Workshop
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2009 M.A. - English, University of New Brunswick
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2007 B.A. - English (Emphasis: Creative Writing), University of Montana ‐ Davidson Honors College
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Forthcoming Works (2)

Books (1)

Contributions to Books (2)

Media and Interviews (3)