Sean Hoen

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Columbia University

Biography

Sean Madigan Hoen has taught writing at Columbia University in the city of New York, Rutgers University, and in numerous community workshops on the east coast. His first book, Songs Only You Know: A Memoir (SOHO Press), was a Rolling Stone Magazine Top-Ten Book of 2014 and received several accolades, including the Michigan Notable Book Award. His nonfiction and fiction has been been published in numerous venues, including Creative Nonfiction Magazine and BOMB Magazine, the latter of which awarded him their 2011 Fiction Prize.