Maureen Millea Smith is the author of The Enigma of Iris Murphy: Stories (Livingston Press of the University of West Alabama, 2016) and When Charlotte Comes Home: A Novel (Alyson Books, 2006). She won the Tartt First Fiction Award in 2015 for a first collection of short fiction for The Enigma of Iris Murphy and the Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Story Story for When Charlotte Comes Home.
Millea Smith lives in Minnesota. She works as a librarian and teaches creative writing.
Photograph by Mirra Neiman