Marc Nieson has happily maintained a writing studio in Braddock for the past three years. He is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and NYU Film School, and his background includes filmmaking, children’s theatre, building construction, and a season with a one-ring circus. Excerpts from Schoolhouse: A Memoir in 13 Lessons have appeared in the Literary Review, Iowa Review, Green Mountains Review, and Chautauqua. His recent fiction appeared in Conjunctions, won the 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest, and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Award winning feature-length screenplays include The Speed of Life, The Dream Catcher, and Bottomland, as well as the short film What Green Could Be (Hill District entry for Greetings from Pittsburgh: Neighborhood Narratives). He serves on the faculty of Chatham University, and is working on a new novel, Houdini’s Heirs.