Danit Brown

Professor of English

An award-winning author, Brown has taught creative writing and college writing at Albion College since 2005.

She is the author of the novel Television for Women, as well as a collection of linked short stories titled Ask For a Convertible, which was named a Washington Post Best Book in 2008 and won a 2009 American Book Award.  Her short stories have been published in a variety of literary journals.  



Education
  • Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
    M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Fiction), 2014
  • Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    B.A. in Screenwriting, 2001
  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
    Graduate coursework in creative writing, 1994
  • Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
    B.A. in Mathematics and Computer Science, 1992
Courses
  • Introductory Creative Writing
  • Fiction Workshop-Form
  • Fiction Workshop-Genre
  • Advanced Fiction Workshop
  • Introduction to Creative Nonfiction
  • Screenwriting Fundamentals
  • College Writing
Publications
  • Television for Women, a novel. Brooklyn: Melville House Press
  • Ask for a Convertible, short stories. New York: Pantheon a Washington Post Best Book of 2008 and a Barnes & Noble Discover selection for Fall 2008