A. J. Verdelle is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She is a recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University, and teac...view moreA. J. Verdelle is an award-winning novelist and essayist. She is a recipient of a Whiting Writer’s Award and teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Lesley University, and teaches undergraduates at Morgan State University. She remains a working mother, and feels confident that the western, Genuine Cowboy, will eventually have a life in print. view less