Michel Stone
Michel Stone is a writer, speaker, educator, and community volunteer. Her critically acclaimed novels Border Child (April 2017, Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2017) and The Iguana Tree (Hub City Press, 2012) have been compared to the writings of John Steinbeck and both books have been optioned for film.
Border Child has been favorably reviewed by The San Francisco Chronicle, Charleston Magazine, The Charlotte Observer, The New York Journal of Books, Kirkus (starred review) among many others and was recently favorably mentioned in The New Yorker. Stone has published numerous stories and essays, and she is a 2011 recipient of the South Carolina Fiction Award. She is a 
graduate of Clemson University with a Master’s Degree from Converse College, and she is an alumna of the Sewanee Writers Conference. She is the immediate past board chair of the Hub City Writers Project and has served on The Spartanburg Regional Foundation Board, The Clemson University Humanities Advancement Board, and as a Trustee of Spartanburg Day School. Currently Michel is a Spartanburg Regional Fellow and serves on the President’s Advisory Council for Wofford College. Michel is a Fellow of the 12th class of the Liberty Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network
