About WBB
W.B. Belcher (Bill) grew up in a mill town in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts. He earned a BA in English and Theatre Arts from Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY) and an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College (Plainfield, VT), where he studied both fiction and playwriting.
Lay Down Your Weary Tune, his debut novel, was released in 2016 from Other Press. His writing has appeared in various outlets, including Post Road, Entropy, The Papercuts Anthology: Volume 2 (Cutlass Press), and The Alt Weekly, an alternative newsweekly where he served as a contributing writer for the arts.
Belcher's professional life has been spent in the nonprofit world, most recently as Chief of Advancement for Vermont Studio Center and President and Executive Director of the Ucross Foundation. He is also the Founder and President of Wordhorse Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm that helps leaders in the nonprofit arts world with narrative storytelling, donor engagement, and strategic fundraising. Prior to Ucross, Belcher served as Director of External Affairs for The Hyde Collection and Director of Development for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA). As a volunteer, he’s served on the board of directors at Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education, as well as the board of Caffe Lena, the oldest continually operating folk music coffeehouse in the country.
Belcher is represented by Christopher Rhodes of the Stuart Agency.