“Virginia epitomizes the one characteristic a writing coach must have: generosity. Add to that her ability to diagnose what’s working, what isn’t, and how to fix it, and you can’t go wrong. She’ll let you know what you’re writing around and help you find your story’s heart.”
—Robert Albrecht
“With my writing, Virginia pointed me in the right direction, but allowed me to find my own way down the path.”
—Lara Prescott
Virginia Hartman has taught creative writing at
George Washington University
American University
The Smithsonian Institution
The Writers Center
(Bethesda, Maryland).
Her stories and written work have appeared in
The Hudson Review
Alaska Quarterly Review
Potomac Review
Iowa Woman
Liars' League NYC
Delmarva Review
Washingtonian
Gravity Dancers: Even More Fiction by Washington Area Women
(Paycock Press).
She is the co-editor, with Barbara Esstman, of the literary anthology
A More Perfect Union:
Poems and Stories about the Modern Wedding
(St. Martin’s Press).
She received her master of fine arts (MFA) in creative writing from American University,
has had numerous fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts,
and was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at the Sewanee Writer’s Conference.
"Virginia has a fine eye, an acute ear, and a wise heart. Both her constructive criticism and her encouragement are invaluable to an author engaged in the often solitary marathon of bringing a project to completion."
—Ellen Prentiss Campbell
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