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Creative Writing, Young Adult Literature, Short Stories, Publishing

B.A. Visual Arts – Graphic Design (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
M.F.A. Creative Writing with a focus in Young Adult Literature (Southern New Hampshire University)
Graduate Certificate – Online Teaching of Writing (Southern New Hampshire University)

• English 111: Critical Reading and Writing Workshop

Abigail is a Pushcart nominated young adult novelist who aims to help struggling teens feel seen, heard, and understood. Abigail is the founder and owner of Wild Ink Publishing, an independent traditional publishing company. Her goal is to be a steppingstone publisher for debut novelists and poets as they grow their writing career and publication lists. Through Wild Ink’s anthology projects, she has published more than two hundred aspiring authors. She has also published a number of novels, picture books, chapbooks, and books of poetry. Abigail is not afraid to publish experimental works that other publishing houses shy away from.

Abigail runs the Young Writers Workshop and the Young Filmmakers Workshop at Messiah University, and teaches publishing, editing, and writing short works in the M.F.A. program at Southern New Hampshire University. She enjoys appearing on podcasts and speaking publicly. Her topics include issue-driven writing, healing through writing, authorship for teens, and creating believable characters.

Novels:

• In Her Shoes: A Simulation Novel. Includes Informational Text about Sex Trafficking, She’s Somebody’s Daughter, forthcoming.
• This is Meant for You. Cable Creek Publishing, forthcoming.
• More Than One Way to Breathe, ISBN: 978-1954064041, Cable Creek Publishing 2022
• Nominated for Pushcart Prize (first chapter) & Benjamin Franklin Award.
• The Art of Drowning, ISBN: 978-1954064010, Cable Creek Publishing, 2021.

Short Form Works:

• “With Stars in Her Hair” (short story) in Ourania’s Orrery of Imagination, Wild Ink Publishing, 2023.
• “Sex Trafficking in the Mid-State.” Article (non-fiction). Harrisburg Magazine, March 2023.
• “Wild and Free” (flash fiction) in Celebrating 365 Days of Gratitude, Donna Kozik Marketing, 2022.
• “A Warning” (flash fiction) in Calliope’s Collection of Mystical Mayhem, Wild Ink Publishing, 2022.
• “The Flight” (short story) in Transcendence: An Anthology of Human Thought, Trode Publishing, 2019.