C. Wallace Walker

C. WALLACE WALKER began her writing career in fourth grade by sending complaint letters to companies on behalf of her Pennsylvania Dutch-speaking grandmother.   Writing success in those days came in the form of complimentary new fan blades and coupons for free cat food and cereal. Later she wrote obituaries and edited speeches. After years of piecemeal work, she secured a real job as a technical translator.  Her professional stature and desirability were inexplicably enhanced by the seizure and confiscation of her passport and visa in the former USSR.  Since then, she was awarded a PEN prize among other honors. Her work can be found in Ploughshares, The Southeast Review, The Little Patuxent Review and other journals.  She is a member of the Broadneck Writers’ Workshop and editor of the Literary Lunch Room.  Wallace lives on Maryland’s Severn River with her husband, two sons and two scheming but lovable beagles.

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