Dawnie Walton
Instructor & Writer
Dawnie Walton is a fiction writer and journalist whose work explores identity, place, and the influence of pop culture. Her debut novel, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, is forthcoming from 37 Ink/Atria (April 2021)). She has been a MacDowell Colony fellow (2015) and a Tin House Scholar (2017), and is a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA, 2018). Previously, she has worked as an editor for magazine and multimedia brands including Essence, Entertainment Weekly, Getty Images, and LIFE.
