Mameve Medwed
Biography
Mameve Medwed
Mameve Medwed is the author of six novels: MAIL, HOST FAMILY, THE END OF AN ERROR, HOW ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING SAVED MY LIFE (2007 Massachusetts Book Award Honors in Fiction), OF MEN AND THEIR MOTHERS and MINUS ME. Her short stories, essays and book reviews have appeared in, among others, The New York Times, Gourmet, Yankee, Redbook, Playgirl, The Boston Globe, Ascent, The Missouri Review, Confrontation, The Readerville Journal, Newsday and The Washington Post.
She has taught fiction writing for many years at The Cambridge Center for Adult Education, has been a mentor in the writing program at Lesley University, read papers for the English Department at Simmons College and has taken part in writing festivals across the country, serving on panels and teaching seminars. She has been interviewed on Maine Public Radio, The Voice of America and other radio and TV programs and has been profiled in many newspapers.
Born in Bangor, Maine, where she is considered Bangor’s other writer (Stephen King holds the title!), she resides in Cambridge.
Mameve Medwed
