Dawn Burns
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2023
I am the author of A Green Glow on the Horizon: Tales from the National Association of Tourist Attraction Survivors, a book that for the past 25 years has had me visiting tourist attractions in search of stories.
While I am thoroughly Midwestern like my main character Evangelina from Elkhart, Indiana (home of the "tooth brick") in my first book Evangelina Everyday, I also love to travel and am relentlessly curious about people and places.
Not only do I love writing works of fiction, I also write creative nonfiction, much of which is grounded in place. This is true of my contributions to the books “Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest,” and “On an Inland Sea: Writing the Great Lakes.”
When I'm not traveling, I'm teaching writing at Michigan State University and building community both in Lansing and with my SwampFire community of writers and artists.
Oh, and I LOVE Atlas Obscura! :)
