Emily Dziuban is a rare bird to sight, a native of Orlando.  Migrants and stowaways tend to dominate the indigenous species of Florida.  Nevertheless, she survived the hot climate and touristy terrain, migrating herself, first to South Carolina and then to Tennessee.

In the southern of the Carolinas, Emily earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English from Winthrop University in Rock Hill.  Two memorable journeys taken during this time include a two week field study in Yellowstone National Park and an ill-timed driving trip to New York City during a blizzard.

In Knoxville, Tennessee, she earned a Master’s Degree in English, peppered with John C. Hodges’ awards for Writing Center tutoring, teaching literature and composition, and fiction.  Currently, she teaches many courses, including creative writing, for UTK’s English department.  For now, Emily has built a nest in this World’s Fair Mecca and laid some Writer’s Guild eggs.  Specifically, Emily published a piece of short fiction in the Guild’s Literary Lunch, which she read as part of UT’s Writers in the Library series, got elected to the Board, and agreed to edit the Guild’s anthology about journeys due out in October 2004.

Other flights of Emily’s have landed her in Venice, London, Rome, Florence, Paris,
Maui (thrice), and all over the lower forty-eight, including the Petrified Forest National Park on Arizona’s border with New Mexico, pictured here.