Fiona McFarlane sitting on a couch with book shelves in the background

Research Bio

Fiona McFarlane is the author of four works of fiction: The Night Guest (2013), The High Places (2016), The Sun Walks Down (2022), and Highway Thirteen (2024). She teaches fiction writing in the English department and is director of the Creative Writing Minor. 

Research Expertise and Interest

Creative Writing, narrative and the novel, the short story

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August 13, 2024
Naomi Elias

“I really wanted to write a book in which the serial killer himself was an absence, and it was everyone else who was affected by him that we spent time with," said Fiona McFarlane, an associate professor of English.

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