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As a junior at High Point University, Abby Lawson is an English major with minors in Creative Writing and Religion. Stories have been her passion for as long as she can remember, and that passion led her to self-publish her first novel during her senior year of high school. Today, she is planning her second novel, hoping to take the next step toward traditional publication.

At High Point University, Abby serves as President of the English Club and Editor-in-Chief of Apogee, the university’s creative works magazine, where she enjoys helping fellow writers find and share their voices. For the past three years, she has also worked as a copy editor for the Society for Sports Neuroscience Journal.

This past summer, Abby studied Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England, a UNESCO City of Literature. When she returned home, she spent the remainder of her summer substitute teaching in Wake County elementary schools.

Abby hopes to combine her love of literature, writing, and education as an English professor at the university level. She believes stories have a unique ability to foster empathy, broaden perspectives, and help people better understand one another.