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A native of Clinton, N.C., Michael Parker received his B.A. from the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his M.F.A. from the
University of Virginia. Parker is the author of the novels, Hello Down There (Scribner’s, 1993) — a New York Times Notable Book and finalist for the PEN/Hemingway prize — Towns without Rivers (2001), and If You Want Me to Stay (2005). His short fiction collection is Don’t Make Me Stop Now (2007). His stories have appeared in Oxford American, The Georgia Review and Five Points.
Parker has received the North Carolina Award, the Goodheart Prize, the
Sir Walter Raleigh Award and fellowships from the North Carolina Arts
Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches in the
M.F.A. Writing Program at UNC, Greensboro.