Jac Jemc is an American fiction writer. In 2023 she was named a Guggenheim Fellow in Fiction. She was a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize and did win the Paula Anderson Book Award. Jemc was awarded two

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Arts Council Grants. In 2014 Jemc was among a list of 25 Writers to Watch by the Guild Literary Complex. Her stories have been published in a number of magazines including ''Guernica'', ''LA Review of Books'', and ''The Southwest Review''. She has been the writer in residence for a number of locations including the

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and The Danish Center for Writers and Translators. Jemc completed her M.F.A at the

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and now teaches for

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. She previously worked for

Northeastern Illinois University Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) is a public university in Chicago, Illinois. NEIU serves approximately 9,000 students in the region and is a Hispanic-serving institution. The main campus is located in the community area of North Park wi ...

. Jemc worked for

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as their web nonfiction editor.

Bibliography

*''My Only Wife'', 2012 *''A Different Bed Every Time'', 2014 *'' The Grip of It'', 2017 *''False Bingo: Stories'', 2019 *''Empty Theatre'', 2023

References and sources

21st-century American women writers American horror writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{horror-stub