Richard Fellinger is an award-winning author, former journalist, and longtime college writing instructor. He’s the author of the novels Summer of ’85 and Made To Break Your Heart and the story collection They Hover Over Us, Winner of the Serena McDonald Kennedy Award, he’s also a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the Flash Fiction Contest at Red Cedar Review. He lives with his wife in Harrisburg, PA. Fellinger is the winner of the 2024 Thomas E. Kennedy Novel Award for his novel An American Girl.