Judy Mercier

A former social worker, Judy Mercier has an MFA in creative writing from Old Dominion University. She has taught writing and literature courses at Christopher Newport University, Old Dominion, and St. Leo University. Her articles, profiles, and reviews have appeared in Tidewater Directions, Virginia Woman, and Nova. Her short story, "The Women from Catherine Street" was published recently in Turning: Writing on Women's Transformations. She recently completed I Won't Say Heaven: Notes on an Outer Banks Village, a collection of nonfiction narratives about Duck, North Carolina. She is the co-editor of Battle Cries on the Home Front: Violence in the Military Family. [extracted from 2000 brochure]

23rd Annual Literary Festival