ABOUT
VALYA DUDYCZ LUPESCU
Valya Dudycz Lupescu is a writer and the founding editor of the literary magazine, Conclave: A Journal of Character.
Born and raised in Chicago, Valya received her degree in English at DePaul University, studying with Richard Jones, Maureen Seaton, and Anne Calcagno. She then earned her MFA in Writing as part of the inaugural class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied under Michael D. Collins, James McManus, M. Evelina Galang, Rosellen Brown, and Carol Anshaw.
Since receiving her MFA, Valya has worked as a college professor, obituary writer, content manager, internal communications specialist, co-producer of an independent feature film, and Goth cocktail waitress.
After dividing their time between Chicago and Frankfurt, Germany, for the last seven years, Valya and her family have finally put down roots on the Northwest side of Chicago, in a 1920s home lovingly dubbed, Casa del Lobos.
Valya Dudycz Lupescu is a writer and the founding editor of the literary magazine, Conclave: A Journal of Character.
Born and raised in Chicago, Valya received her degree in English at DePaul University, studying with Richard Jones, Maureen Seaton, and Anne Calcagno. She then earned her MFA in Writing as part of the inaugural class at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she studied under Michael D. Collins, James McManus, M. Evelina Galang, Rosellen Brown, and Carol Anshaw.
Since receiving her MFA, Valya has worked as a college professor, obituary writer, content manager, internal communications specialist, co-producer of an independent feature film, and Goth cocktail waitress.
After dividing their time between Chicago and Frankfurt, Germany, for the last seven years, Valya and her family have finally put down roots on the Northwest side of Chicago, in a 1920s home lovingly dubbed, Casa del Lobos.