My guest today was raised in Texas, but after graduating from Brown University, she taught in Egypt, Turkey, and Japan. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and was awarded a teaching Fulbright to Syria. Her stories, essays, and reviews have appeared in The Barcelona Review, National Public Radio, and the LA Review of Books to name a few. She writes bi-lingual books of short stories in English and Arabic and has a collection of stories about X-patriate life. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Rhetoric and Composition at the American University in Cairo. Welcome to Authors Over 50, Gretchen McCullough.

The Abandoned Wives Handbook with Pat Backley

Authors Over 50’s weekly podcast celebrates writers and their journeys to publication. Writing after 50 is a whole story on its own. So, let’s skip to life’s sweetest third and talk with authors about their journey from pen to publish. 
Welcome. I’m Julia Daily, your host, and I invite you to listen to interviews with writers who’ve achieved their goal of publishing a book just later in life. We’ve seen award lists for Under 30 or Under 40, but I’ve yet to see lists for those who’ve achieved a significant milestone of their own—launching a new career and publishing their first book after the age of 50. We will hear about these authors’ inspirations, struggles, strategies, and the smell of that first book. These writers’ journeys inspire me because I’m one of them.