Bio

Devan was born and raised in Memphis Tennessee. She attended College of Charleston and University of Memphis, receiving a BS in general physics. She received her MFA in creative writing from University of Memphis in 2017, where she served as a fiction editor and contest coordinator for the Pinch Literary Journal. She was a 2019 resident at Sundress Academy for the Arts and a 2020 Crosstown Arts resident. Devan is currently distracting herself from her first novel manuscript with several other ongoing writing projects, and a fledgling effort to turn her yard into a food forest. She lives in Memphis with her partner and two dogs.