Winslow Schmelling is a writer from the Sonoran Desert…
where she teaches Creative Writing at Arizona State University and the surrounding communities for learners of all ages. She is a content marketer and ghostwriter specializing in unique, technical expertise of B2B organizations, immigrating professionals, and education.
Her writing and educational outreach has been supported by the City of Phoenix, the City of Tempe, and the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. An alumna of the program, she serves as Board Secretary for Imprints of Honor, a nonprofit organization focused on connecting students with veterans to tell, preserve, and honor each of their stories.
Her creative work explores deserts, magic, cycles of landscape and family, and how to coax the scent of rain from a creosote bush. She is at work on a novel about sisters and survival. See some of her published work here, or contact her about teaching and speaking opportunities here.
M.F.A in Creative Writing, Fiction from Arizona State University (2023)
B.A. in Modern Languages from Northern Arizona University (2015) with emphasis in German, Spanish, and Mandarin.