Sycamore (Chancellor) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1971-72
• Raised—Sedona, Arizona, USA
• Education—B.A., Northern Arizona University; M.A., Arizona State University; M.F.A., Vanderbilt University
• Awards—Prairie Schooner Book Prize
• Currently—lives in Charlotte, North Carolina


Bryn Chancellor, English professor and author, was born in California and raised in Arizona. She earned her B.A from Northern Arizona and her M.A. Arizona State, both in English. She received an M.F.A. in fiction from Vanderbilt University..

Chancellor's debut novel Sycamore was published in 2017, and her story collection When Are You Coming Home? in 2014. Other short fiction has appeared in Gulf Coast, Blackbird, Colorado Review, Crazyhorse, Phoebe, and elsewhere.

In 2014 Chancellor won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize for her story collection. Additional honors include the Poets & Writers Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award in fiction, as well as literary fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Currently she is assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte. She is married to artist Timothy Winkler. (Adapted from the author's website.)