Hilary Bell is a writer from Nashville, Tennessee. An ASME National Magazine Award Finalist, she has received fellowships and support from The University of Iowa, The Kenyon Review, and The Tennessee Arts Commission. Her work has appeared in American Short Fiction and has twice been awarded the grand jury prize at The Nashville International Film Festival. Winner of The Porch Prize and The Stanley Award for International Research, she holds an M.F.A. in fiction from The Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa, where she was a postgraduate screenwriting fellow. She lives back home in Nashville and is represented by Julie Barer at The Book Group.