Gary Lawrence joined the GCC teaching staff in August 2011. He teaches ENG091, ENG101, ENG102, and CRW170, Introduction to Fiction and CRW270, Intermediate Fiction Writing. He is a short story author with stories published in Short Story America and Four Chambers Press (Phoenix). An interview and reading with NPR are at http://northernpublicradio.org/post/rockford-native-mines-his-past-first-book.

He earned an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.

Gary’s book, Baffled and Other Stories, was self-published in 2013. Copies are available in the GCC library or available for sale (hard-cover, audio, and/or Kindle) from Amazon or Gary’s website: http://www.garyswritestuff.wordpress.com.