2020 Bombeck workshop faculty Jess Montgomery

Jess Montgomery is the author of the Kinship Historical Mysteries, including The Widows (2019) and The Hollows (January 2020). Under her given name of Sharon Short, she is a newspaper columnist, focusing on the literary life, authors and events of her native Dayton, Ohio, for the Dayton Daily News. Her honors have included a Montgomery County (Ohio) Arts & Cultural District Artist Opportunity Grant (2018); an Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from the Ohio Arts Council (2016); and John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio, 2014). She is a three-time recipient of the OAC's Literary Arts Excellence Award (2012, 2016, 2018) and the author of other published novels, short stories and essays.