Discipline: Literature – fiction

Evelyn Spence

Discipline: Literature – fiction
Region: Seattle, WA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2010

Seattle-based writer Evelyn Spence has an M.F.A. in fiction from Brooklyn College and worked on her first novel while at MacDowell. She's a former editor at Backpacker and Skiing magazines and writes freelance stories about travel, outdoor adventure, health, and fitness.

Studios

Phi Beta

Evelyn Spence worked in the Phi Beta studio.

Funded by the Phi Beta Fraternity, a national professional fraternity of music and speech founded in 1912, Phi Beta Studio was built between 1929–1931 of granite quarried on the MacDowell grounds. The small studio is a simple in design, but displays a pleasing combination of materials with its granite walls and colorful slate roofing. Inside is…

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