Jewel Beth Davis

Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer

Rollinsford, NH
New Hampshire US

Author's Bio

Jewel Beth Davis is a writer and theater artist who lives in Rollinsford, NH. She is an Artist In Education for the NH State Council on the Arts. She has performed, directed and choreographed professionally throughout the U.S. and British Isles. Jewel earned an MFA in Writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts and an MA in Theater Movement from Wesleyan University. She also teaches writing and theater fulltime at NHTI-Concord. Since 2006, her creative nonfiction and fiction have been published in many literary magazines like Compass Rose, SN Review, Moondance Literary Magazine, Cezanne’s Carrot, Bent Pin Literary Journal, RE: Ports Magazine, READ THIS: MSU’s Literary and Art Publication, Midway, The Sylvan Echo, Poetica Magazine, Lilith, Scribblers on the Roof, Spirits Literary Magazine of IU, American Diversity Report, Damselfly Press, The Smoking Poet, Fiction Fix 2, Lime Hawk, and Diverse Voices Quarterly, which just nominated her for Dzanc’s Best of the Web Anthology. She has completed a novel about two ghosts and their existential dilemma entitled Sadie and Irving Fix the World.

Publications & Prizes

Creative Nonfiction

Journals:
Bent Pin Quartely
,
Cezanne's Carrot
,
Compass Rose
, ,
Diverse Voices Quarterly

Fiction

Book:
The Bullfrog's Vision (Bewildering Stories, 2013)
Journals:
Bewildering Stories
,
The Smoking Poet
Prizes won: 

Best Play, Shadow Dancing,Connecticut Playwrights Collective, Best Actress in Three Tall Women, Spotlight Award, nominated for Dzanc's Best of Web Anthology 2011.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now: 
The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White, Jewish
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Boston
Raised in: 
Quincy, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Jun 16, 2016