MAURICE CARLOS RUFFIN
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Stretansky Concert Hall, Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
New Orleans native Maurice Carlos Ruffin is a founding member of the Peauxdunque Writers Alliance. He was first runner-up for the Short Story Prize in the 2010 William Faulkner–William Wisdom Creative Writing Competition for The Pie Man, and also was a finalist for two other short stories, Abracadabra (2010) and Fit (2009). An attorney with the New Orleans firm Adam & Reese, Ruffin received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of New Orleans.