Appearances

July 9, 2025 at the Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz, NY, 7 p.m.

October 30, 2025 at the Morton Memorial Library, 22 Elm Street, Pine Hill, NY

Biography

Stephanie Wilson Medlock is the author of two magical realism novels, An Improbable Companion, released by Dorrance Publishing in 2025, and The Lives of Things, published in 2013. She is the co-founder of the San Miguel International Storytelling Festival, and arranges storytelling events annually in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. A storyteller, herself, Medlock performs regularly in the United States and Mexico.

She is also the co-founder of the Writer’s Studio at the University of Chicago Graham School, where during her long career she developed the well-known Publishing Program, the Medical Writing and Editing Certificate, the Translation Certificate, and the National Museum Publishing Seminar.

Ms. Medlock currently divides her time between Upstate New York and Mexico.

Press Release

Reviews

Kirkus Reviewfor An Improbable Companion

Kirkus Review The Lives of Things

Photos

Audio

Radio interview with Rita Vanacore:

https://radiokingston.org/en/broadcast/planet-seniors/episodes/an-improbable-companion