Tiffany Quay Tyson

Tiffany Quay Tyson is the author of two novels, The Past is Never and Three Rivers. The Past is Never is the recipient of the Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction, the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the 2019 Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award for Fiction, and the 2019 Mississippi Library Association's Mississippi Author Award for Adult Fiction. Shorter pieces have appeared in The Rumpus' Funny Women Column, The Belladonna Comedy, Slackjaw, The Establishment, SmokeLong Quarterly, The Ilanot Review, and other journals. She worked for a brief stint as a newspaper reporter in the Mississippi Delta, where she received the Frank Allen Award for Journalism. She is the recipient of two Heartland Emmy Awards including one for writing for a children’s public television program. She was born and raised in Mississippi and much of her fiction is set in the south. She lives in Denver.

What Tiffany looks for in a Book Project mentee:  I’m looking for storytellers. I seek mentees who desire to hone their craft in the service of writing compelling stories in any genre. I’m a novelist with experience in journalism, humor writing, and writing for television. I’m primarily interested in working with fiction writers, especially aspiring novelists. I'm open to working with non-fiction writers who want to tell true stories with a strong narrative arc. I welcome diversity. Above all, I seek writers who will work diligently and commit to a consistent writing practice during our time together.