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April 6, 2018

Mylène Dressler wins book award Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Mylène Dressler is the 2018 winner of the is Book Pipeline award for her latest novel, “The Last To See Me.” The Book Pipeline award is a $10,000 prize intended to get winning books on the fast track to film a...

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Guilford College News in Brief

October 6, 2017

NFL Controversy Campus Discussion On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Brothers Doing Positive hosted a campus dialogue centered around the recent NFL controversy. The event was planned in light of the many NFL players, coaches and executives taking a knee during...

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Mylène Dressler debuts new novel at Scuppernong

Mylène Dressler, Associate Professor of English, and fellow Associate Professor Diya Abdo had to change their planned three-week, study-abroad course to a class they titled Writing in Real Time // Photo by Maia Dery.

Beatriz Caldas, Editor-In-Chief

September 15, 2017

On Friday, Sept. 8, Assistant Professor of English Mylène Dressler launched her first supernatural book. “The Last to See Me” was released on Sept. 5 and is already receiving praise from many authors and readers online. The book’s launch party was held at Scuppernong Books in downtown Greensboro....

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Professor Mylène Dressler will celebrate release of her new novel with students and community

Praveena Somasundaram, Features Editor

September 8, 2017

Six years ago, Associate Professor of English Mylène Dressler was traveling along the Pacific Coast Highway in California when she came up with the idea for her new novel, “The Last To See Me,” which was released Tuesday, Sept. 5. That same day, she thought of two other elements of the story:...

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Mylène Dressler reveals details about her latest novel

Praveena Somasundaram, Staff Writer

December 2, 2016

Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Mylène Dressler’s novel, “The Last to See Me,” will be published in 2017. I sat down with Dressler to ask her about her book. Question: You cite your family as a major influence on your early interest in writing. Were there other significant...

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