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Things Amie Likes to Study
I love school. Right now I'm working on an MFA (Master of Fine Arts) at Hollins University. Degrees I have as well as writing and literature classes I've taken are listed below.
Hollins UniversityM.A. in Children's Literature 2005
Creative Thesis: Middle Grade Fantasy Novel The Stone Chain
M.F.A. in Children's Literature expected 2009
| 2007 |
Advanced Writing Tutorial Forms Analysis Young Adult Science Fiction (sit-in) |
| 2006 |
Advanced Writing Tutorial Storytelling |
| 2005
(Hollins Abroad) |
British Children's Fantasy British Empire and Post-Empire Literature for Children |
| 2004 |
Gender and Fantasy |
| 2003 |
The Fantastic in Children's
Literature Creative Writing - Young Adult |
| 2002 (Hollins Abroad) |
British Children's Literature
after 1945 British Children's Picture Books |
| 2002
(online) |
Myth and Folktale |
| 2001 |
History and Criticism Creative Writing |
The Writer's Center
Adult Ed Courses
|
2000 |
Fantasy and Science Fiction |
|
1999 |
Adults Writing for Children |
|
1998 |
Experimental Fiction |
University of Pittsburgh
B.A. Self Designed - Fiction Writing for Children (1997)
Certificate of Children's Literature (1997)
B.S. Electrical Engineering (1997)
|
1997 |
Critical Approaches to
Children's Lit Senior Seminar in Fiction |
|
1995 |
Fantasy Writers Intermediate Fiction |
|
1994 |
Literature for Adolescents Intermediate Fiction (2 sessions) Literature for Children |
Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts - Fiction Writing (1992)