Discipline: Literature – fiction

Essie Chambers

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 2016

Essie Chambers is a writer and producer who lives Brooklyn, NY. She worked on her first novel, Swift River (Simon & Schuster, 2024) while at MacDowell.

Made at MacDowell

Fellow Works Supported by MacDowell

Swift River (Novel)

Studios

Banks

Essie Chambers worked in the Banks studio.

Banks, an ell on the north end of the Lodge dormitory, was first used as an artist’s studio in 1970. Since then, it has played host to an extraordinary list of writers working in several disciplines. In all seasons, Fellows have enjoyed the pastoral view through the French doors facing a field…

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