Joan Connor is a former professor at Ohio University, Fairfield University's MFA Program, and the University of Southern Maine's Stonecoast Program. She has published four collections of short fiction and one of personal essays. She is the recipient of an AWP award in short fiction, the Leapfrog Press award for adult fiction, the River Teeth award in nonfiction, a Pushcart Prize, and individual artists award from the Ohio Arts council.