{"id":1459,"date":"2026-07-14T13:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T13:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.sanmiguelwritersconference.org\/faculty\/merilyn-simonds\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T19:50:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T19:50:34","slug":"merilyn-simonds","status":"publish","type":"smlf_faculty","link":"https:\/\/sanmiguelwritersconference.org\/es\/faculty\/merilyn-simonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Merilyn Simonds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Merilyn Simonds es autora de tres obras de ficci\u00f3n nacidas en formato digital (e-born) y de 20 libros. Su obra ha sido incluida en antolog\u00edas y publicada internacionalmente en delinear ocho pa\u00edses. Escribe en una amplia variedad de g\u00e9neros: ficci\u00f3n literaria, como la novela THE HOLDING, elegida como Editors&#8217; Choice por The New York Times Book Review; no ficci\u00f3n creativa, incluido el cl\u00e1sico canadiense THE CONVICT LOVER (en imprenta durante 30 a\u00f1os); as\u00ed como ensayo personal, viajes y memorias. Sin embargo, es m\u00e1s conocida por sus innovadoras obras h\u00edbridas, como la memoria\/biograf\u00eda WOMAN, WATCHING, galardonada con el premio Editor\u2019s Choice Prize for Nonfiction de Foreword Reviews en 2022 y, m\u00e1s recientemente, el ensayo reflexivo\/memoria WALKING WITH BETH, que se convirti\u00f3 en un \u00e9xito de ventas instant\u00e1neo tras su publicaci\u00f3n en 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fue la directora art\u00edstica fundadora del Kingston WritersFest en 2009, as\u00ed como la l\u00edder de su revitalizaci\u00f3n en 2025. Ense\u00f1\u00f3 en el programa de Maestr\u00eda en Bellas Artes (MFA) en Escritura Creativa de la Universidad de Columbia Brit\u00e1nica y fue acad\u00e9mica visitante en la Universidad de Saskatoon. Durante veinte a\u00f1os ha sido mentora de escritores emergentes, incluida la autora superventas Michelle Good (FIVE LITTLE INDIANS). Nacida en Winnipeg, Canad\u00e1, creci\u00f3 en Brasil y ahora divide su tiempo entre Kingston (Ontario) y San Miguel de Allende (M\u00e9xico).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merilyn Simonds es una galardonada autora canadiense de m\u00e1s de veinte libros que abarcan la ficci\u00f3n literaria, las memorias, la no ficci\u00f3n creativa y las obras h\u00edbridas. Entre sus t\u00edtulos m\u00e1s destacados se encuentran The Holding, Woman, Watching y Walking with Beth. 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