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Name: J.R. Dawson
Pronouns: She/They
Degrees: BFA in Playwriting and English Literature (DePaul University, 2010), MS in Secondary Education (University of Nebraska Omaha, 2013), MFA in Popular Fiction (Stonecoast, 2016)
Instagram: @jrdawsonwriter
Website: www.jrdawsonwriter.com
Represented by Stevie Finegan with Zeno Literary Agency
Pronouns: She/They
Degrees: BFA in Playwriting and English Literature (DePaul University, 2010), MS in Secondary Education (University of Nebraska Omaha, 2013), MFA in Popular Fiction (Stonecoast, 2016)
Instagram: @jrdawsonwriter
Website: www.jrdawsonwriter.com
Represented by Stevie Finegan with Zeno Literary Agency
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Dawson's debut, The First Bright Thing, is a Golden Crown award winner. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, releases from Tor in July 2025.
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Dawson is a Golden Crown award-winning writer with shorter works in places such as F&SF and Lightspeed. Living on Dakota land in Minnesota with her spouse and three dogs, Dawson is a professor at Drexel's MFA program. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, releases from Tor in 2025.
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Dawson's debut, The First Bright Thing, is a Golden Crown award winner. Her shorter works are in places such as F&SF, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, and Lightspeed. Dawson lives on Dakota land in Minnesota with a loving spouse and three dogs. She is a professor at Drexel University's MFA program. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, is a loose sapphic retelling of Orpheus, and releases from Tor in July 2025.
Dawson's debut, The First Bright Thing, is a Golden Crown award winner. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, releases from Tor in July 2025.
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Dawson is a Golden Crown award-winning writer with shorter works in places such as F&SF and Lightspeed. Living on Dakota land in Minnesota with her spouse and three dogs, Dawson is a professor at Drexel's MFA program. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, releases from Tor in 2025.
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Dawson's debut, The First Bright Thing, is a Golden Crown award winner. Her shorter works are in places such as F&SF, The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018, and Lightspeed. Dawson lives on Dakota land in Minnesota with a loving spouse and three dogs. She is a professor at Drexel University's MFA program. Her second novel, The Lighthouse at the Edge of the World, is a loose sapphic retelling of Orpheus, and releases from Tor in July 2025.