Rita Wilson is an award-winning artist, writer, and educator. Her work has been published in Rune and Riverspeak Literary Magazines, Voices from the Attic, The 100 Lives Anthology, and Wisdom of the Crone. "Nature's Bounty," her short story on the culling of wolf herds in the Northwest, was featured in wolfmatters.org, and her short story, "A Handful of Sand," was shortlisted for the Mani Litfest annual short story contest. Her first book, Greek Lessons, a biography and memoir, includes photos of her art, including Better Times, the painting of her mother and grandmother which graces the book's cover. Wilson's many travels to Greece inspired both Greek Lessons and her new novel When the Only Light is the Moon.Wilson earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. A retired teacher, she has held creative writing workshops in the US and Europe and volunteered to teach professional writing for the US Coast Guard. Wilson is a fellow of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project and has taught writing both to young adults and at the university level. She serves as Non-Fiction Editor for the Northern Appalachia Review and as a Director for the Writing Conference of Northern Appalachia. Wilson enjoys painting and writing from her home in the Pittsburgh suburbs. When not indulging her creative side, she can be found on the tennis court, walking her husky, or chatting with friends or family over a cup of coffee.
