User:SapphireDagger/Mialie T. Szymanski

Mialie T. Szymanski (b. May 13, 1981) is an American writer-author-illustrator from Newton Falls, Ohio. She is best known for her work as a journalist with The Weekly Villager through which she became creator of "Puppy Tails," a biweekly children's story time column starring Doodle Dog, a floppy-eared puppy with an optimistic perspective of the world around him. Szymanski holds a master's degree from Hollins University where she specialized her studies on children's literature, middle-grade fairytales, and young adult fantasy. Her creative Thesis "Whose Quest is it Anyway?" - an original fairytale - explores the quest motif and character archetypes usually associated with such stories.  Education  Hollins University Southern Virginia University Ridley College Western Reserve Academy Post-collegiate: Tinker Mountain Writer's Workshop, 2009 Writer's Workshop with noted science-fiction author Orson Scott Card, 2009

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Selected Awards and Presentations

 * 1995 Portage County Library Award for Best Young Writer
 * 2000 Southern Virginia University Award for Best Essay, Honor Week 2000
 * 2003 "The Importance of Keeping a Covenant": Presentation Honor for Best Ethics Paper
 * 2009 "To My Valentine: Sisterly Support in the World of Ender Wiggin": Presenter, International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts
 * 2010 "The Enchanted Woodland": Presenter, | Arts in the Park