Noelle Beverly loved books before she could read and began dreaming of writing her own at age eleven. She studied poetry at George Mason University with Eric Pankey and Carolyn Forché, earning an MFA in 2000.
Since then, Noelle has returned to fiction. Her first novel, Rook, explores themes of death and deception, blurs lines between genres, and traverses the boundary between poetry and prose. At present, she is working on several projects, including a novel for middle-grade readers, and two works of literary fiction for adults.
Noelle promotes local authors and supports the surrounding creative community as the literary events coordinator for Baine’s Books & Coffee in Appomattox and Scottsville.
Blog posts
Let Your Heart Be Light
Memento Mori: Death as a Tool (For Writers)
Curiouser & Curiouser
By Guide and By Feel
“Happy Idling:” The Essential Nothing
Back in the Black Forest: Revisiting the Grimms
Critiquing Critique
Truth Tellers and Doorways: Joy Harjo
Innovation Inside the Lines
Finding the Elusive: Inspiration
The Release of High Tide
Required Reading, Part One
Creative Stalking
A Mind of One’s Own
Finding yourself in new country
Origin Stories and Anniversaries
Resist, persist, and “make good art:” or, why I still need to forgive Rainer Maria Rilke
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