Rebecca Dimyan is an award-winning author, editor, and professor. Her health and wellness memoir Chronic and debut novel Waiting for Beirut each won a Firebird Book Award in 2023. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vox, River Teeth: A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction, Flash Fiction Magazine, Yahoo Health, CT Post and many others. Her short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and her nonfiction has been anthologized and performed on stage. Rebecca is also an experienced conference director and contributes to the Connecticut Writing Project. She has taught college writing for over a decade. 

Rebecca has appeared on podcasts and participated in conferences as well as library and festival events. She also enjoys teaching creative writing workshops for students of all ages.