Alden Jones holds degrees in literature and creative writing from Brown University, New York University, and the Bennington Writing Seminars. Her awards include fellowships from NYU and the Summer Literary Seminars, a Bread Loaf Scholarship in Nonfiction, and artists’ grants/residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Julia and David White Artists’ Colony in Costa Rica. Her short stories and travel essays have appeared in Post Road, The Barcelona Review, AGNI, The Iowa Review, Prairie Schooner, Puerto del Sol, The Smart Set, Gulf Coast, The Best American Travel Writing, and The First Time I Heard Kate Bush. Alden has traveled widely, including as a Visiting Professor of English on Semester at Sea, a creative writing instructor in Cuba, and a WorldTeach volunteer in Costa Rica. She is on the faculty of Writing, Literature and Publishing and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College. (updated 8/2012)