Bio

Brian Malloy is the author of Twelve Long Months, the 2009 Minnesota Book Award winner for young people's literature, as well as the award-winning novel The Year of Ice and Brendan Wolf.

Brian has taught creative writing and literature at Emerson College. He is adjunct faculty in the MFA programs at the University of Minnesota and Hamline University, and serves as Education Director for the Loft Literary Center.

His interests include solo trips through Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, contemporary gay and lesbian literature, and outdoor adventure writing. He is a member of the President's Council of the Defenders of Wildlife.

To find out more about Brian, check out http://www.malloywriter.com/.