Em J. Knowles ~ Emma Wilde
Writer's Digest Award Winning Author
Em J. Knowles, aka Emma Wilde, writes sexy, laugh out loud beach reads and wanderlust romances where the men (or their body parts) look like Greek gods or famous works of art.
When the women of their dreams walk onto the page, something hilarious is bound to happen, and someone’s goofy side will be exposed.
Little do they all know, this un-god-like persona is what captures the hearts of their soulmates and keeps the couples bound for eternity or at least happy for now or even better, happily ever after.
When not writing, Em is either driving around the country in her VW Van with her hubby and/or a dog or two or three, or she’s sitting on her couch in Louisiana sending funny TikToks to her better half and her sisters.
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Education
2019- Present Post-Master’s coursework | Harvard University | Cambridge, Massachusetts
2014 Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing | University of Southern Maine at Stonecoast | Portland, Maine
1999 Bachelor of Arts in Education and Liberal Studies | College of St. Joseph | Rutland, Vermont
Experience
2014-Present Writer, Digital Artist, Teacher, and Writing Coach | Caribou, Maine and Lake Charles, Louisiana
2018-2019 Composition and Rhetoric Instructor Instructor | Northern Maine Community College | Presque Isle, Maine
2016-2018 Composition and Rhetoric, Literature, and Communications Instructor | Husson University | Bangor, Maine
Publications
Writing
2024 With Love Form Paris: A Short Romance
2024 Under the Banyan Tree: A Short Romance
2023 Everything in Between: A Short Romance
2022 Women’s Surf Style Magazine: Emily Knowles Artist Profile
2015 Washington Post: Dear Stores, What about the Boys?
2014 Stonecoast Lines: Excerpt from Moonshine River
Artwork
2022 Multiple paintings appeared | Womens Surf Style Magazine
2021 Light in the Barrel featured | Canada’s Leveling Up
2021 His Hand appeared | Beyond Words Literary Magazine
2021 Work featured at Wintergreen Arts Center | Presque Isle, Maine
2020 His Hand appeared | Archetype
2020 His Hand appeared | Ekphrastic Review
2020 His Hand and Lilacs chosen for Art and Words | Austen, Texas
Gallery Presentation
2021 Work featured at Wintergreen Arts Center | Presque Isle, Maine
Awards
2023 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Award-Romance | 1st Place
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2021 NYC Short Screenplay Challenge | Placed in 3 of 4 advancing rounds
2021 Gutsy Great Novelist Page One Contest | Honorable Mention
2018 The Olive Woolley Burt Awards | 3rd Place Winner