Charity Shumway’s writing has appeared in HSE’s Above Ground anthology, Glamour, Oregon Coast Magazine, on glamour.com, LadiesHomeJournal.com, FitnessMagazine.com, SocialWorkout.com, Soon Quarterly, and Slice Magazine. She has held jobs as a speechwriter, lawn care expert, night janitor, LSAT tutor, tuxedo shop girl, farm worker, restaurant hostess, and reader for the blind. She grew up in Centerville, Utah and lives in Brooklyn. Charity holds an MFA in creative writing from Oregon State University and a BA in English from Harvard University. She’s a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course and has a certificate in horticulture from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
