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Rachel Carter graduated from Columbia's School of the Arts in October, 2009 with an MFA in nonfiction creative writing.  She received her BA in English and Women's Studies from the University of Vermont, where she was a Green & Gold Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She has previously taught University Writing at Columbia University, and creative writing through the Summer High School Program for the past five years. Her nonfiction has appeared in Verbicide Magazine and The Faster Times. HarperCollins will publish her debut young adult novel, So Close to You,  in July, 2012.