CCP Staff
SUSAN THORNTON HOBBY
Writer, photographer, poetry editor, and art consultant Melanie Henderson was born, raised and lives in Washington, DC. She is an alumnus of Howard and Trinity Universities. Prior to earning an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, she studied poetry at the Voices Summer Writing Workshops (VONA) in San Francisco, CA. Her debut collection of poems, Elegies for New York Avenue, won the 2011 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award.
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Susan Thornton Hobby is a writer, editor, and copyeditor with over thirty years of experience. A former newspaper journalist, Hobby received her masters in literature in 1995. A twenty-five-year board member of the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society (HoCoPoLitSo), Hobby has become an artistic advisor to the board, as well as writing grants, producing their television show and organizing events.
As a founding member of the Little Patuxent Review, Hobby interviews authors for the publication, such as novelists Michael Chabon and Alice McDermott, former U.S. Poet Laureate Donald Hall, and poets Lucille Clifton and Joy Harjo. As an editor, Hobby has prepared many manuscripts for publication, rewriting and researching to add historical, legal and cultural context to nonfiction books. As well serving as copyeditor for Cherry Castle Publishing, she has edited a multitude of poetry collections and works of prose.
