Patricia Ann McNair

About Patricia Ann

Patricia Ann McNair’s short story collection, The Temple of Air (stories) was named Chicago Writers Association’s Book of the Year; Devil’s Kitchen Readers Award from Southern Illinois University; and Finalist for the Society of Midland Authors Award in Adult Fiction. A second edition of The Temple of Air is forthcoming in 2024. McNair’s collection of essays, And These Are the Good Times, was a Montaigne Medal Finalist for Most Thought-Provoking Book of the Year. Responsible Adults, short stories, was named a Distinguished Favorite by the Independent Press Awards. Her work has been published in Rumpus, LitHub, Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, RiverTeeth, Hypertext, and many other journals and magazines. McNair is an Associate Professor Emerita of Columbia College Chicago where she received a teaching excellence award and was nominated for the Carnegie Foundation U.S. Professor of the Year.