Road from Prosperity

Nancy Welch was born in Florida and grew up in Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota. She was a secretary and police reporter before finding her way to college and to writing fiction. Her stories have appeared in venues such as Prairie Schooner, Threepenny Review, and Greensboro Review. She teaches at the University of Vermont and lives in Burlington.

"Forty years ago I read a book of stories this wistful and smart about American life - Eleven Kinds of Loneliness by Richard Yates. Nancy Welch is already that good - and she's just getting started." - David Huddle, author of The Story of a Million Years; "Wise and expertly wrought stories, tales both dark and sweet, told with a biting humor and a genuine affection for the dreams and the casualties we can't escape." - Lee Martin, author of Quakertown"