Poet and novelist Shann Ray will visit Sterling College on Friday, Feb. 19, to share selected pieces from his works with students and guests. Ray’s fiction and poetry reading will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Cornerstone in the Student Union.

“We are excited to host award-winning author Shann Ray here at Sterling College. Whether in his prose or poetry, Ray writes with piercing insight into the human condition, often exploring so eloquently what it means to love and be loved as individuals. Our students will no doubt find his generous and thought-provoking spirit contagious,” said Aaron Brown, assistant professor of writing and editing.

Ray’s debut novel “American Copper,” set in early 20^th-century Montana, was published in 2015. “American Masculine,” his short story collection, has won the American Book Award, two High Plains Book Awards and Breadloaf’s Bakeless Prize. Ray’s collection of poetry, “Balefire,” also received a High Plains Book Award for poetry.

Ray holds a doctorate in systems psychology from the University of Alberta in Canada, a dual M.F.A in poetry and fiction from the Inland Northwest Center for Writers at Eastern Washington University and a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University. He currently works as a clinical psychologist and professor of leadership and forgiveness studies at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington.

Sterling College is a Christ-centered, four-year college located in Sterling, Kansas, with a mission to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith. For more information, visit www.sterling.edu.

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