Rebecca Fjelland Davis

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Rebecca Fjelland Davis
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Born1956 (age 6869)
Huxley, Iowa, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • children's book author
  • lecturer
  • college instructor
Education Waldorf College
St. Cloud State University (BA)
Minnesota State University, Mankato (MFA)
Genre Young adult, children's literature, nonfiction
Website
www.rebeccafjellanddavis.com

Rebecca Fjelland Davis (born 1956) is an American novelist and children's book author who lives in Minnesota. [1] [2] She is currently an instructor at South Central College in Mankato, where she teaches composition studies, literature and film, and critical thinking in Humanities. [2]

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Her novels, Chasing AllieCat and Jake Riley: Irreparably Damaged, have been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews . [3] [4]

Biography

Davis grew up on a farm outside Huxley, Iowa. She graduated with honors from Waldorf College, St. Cloud State University (earning her Bachelor of Arts in English) and from Minnesota State University, Mankato (earning her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing).[ when? ] A former marathoner and two-time women's champion of the National 24-Hour Challenge cycling event, she has been known to work athletic themes into her young adult writing, similar to her former husband Terry Davis. [2]

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References

  1. Press, The Free (7 April 2011). "Closeup: Good Thunder features local writers". Mankato Free Press.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rebecca Fjelland Davis | Official Author Site". rebeccafjellanddavis.com. Retrieved 2022-12-14.
  3. "JAKE RILEY | Kirkus Reviews" via www.kirkusreviews.com.
  4. "CHASING ALLIECAT | Kirkus Reviews" via www.kirkusreviews.com.