Artist Sketch
DAWN COMER
Professor and literary artist, Dawn Comer at the 2008 SSML conference with two of her students, Kasey Coder and Rachel Baker
Dawn Comer received her MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Notre Dame.
She currently teaches part-time at Defiance College and is writing two books, Born Beneath Pedro's Sombrero, Raised in a Corn Palace: Stories from the National Association of Tourist Attraction Survivors, and Fella With an Umbrella: Discovering Joy on the Autism Spectrum.
The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature has awarded her with The Paul Somers Prize for Creative Prose for the story “Raised in a Corn Palace” (2008) and the memoir “Fella with an Umbrella: Finding Joy on the Autism Spectrum” (2009). She encourages students to present their work at the SSML conference and hosts the annual Arts & Humanities SwampFire Retreat for visual, literary, and photographic artists.