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     S H O R T  B I O  (see Garry's Pilgrimage)

ill_1     Born and educated in England,
     Garry Craig Powell is a fiction writer
     and professor of Creative Writing at
     the University of Central Arkansas. A
     recipient of fellowships from the
     Arkansas Arts Council and the
     Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, he is
     completing a novel, The Gulf, parts of
     which have been published in
     national magazines (see
     Publications).



     T H E  G U L F  (novel)

ill_2     Set in the United Arab Emirates, this
     book portrays the numerous
     gulfs that exist between Arabs and
     westerners, and men and women, in
     post-9/11 Middle East. Meet Colin,
     a professor of literature at a women's
     university, and his Palestinian wife,
     Fairuz, who suffers from PTSD; Badria
     and Alia, two of Colin's Emirati
     students, victims of their own society;
     and Kamila, a Polish actress turned
     prostitute. 


 

Copyright © 2007 Garry Craig Powell.