Ansen Dibell
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Dibble was from Staten Island, New York, the daughter of Ralph M. Dibble and Barbara J. Waterman Dibble. Her father was an engineer. She attended Keuka College, graduating in 1964; at Keuka, she was active in campus radio and student publications. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree (MFA) from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and earned a doctorate in 19th-century English literature.
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Career
Dibell taught literature and creative writing at several colleges and universities, including Northern Kentucky University, and her alma mater Keuka College. In 1980, she became a freelance editor and author. From 1983 she worked as editor at Writer's Digest Books. She also spoke at conferences for aspiring writers. She lived in Clifton, Ohio from 1976. She died in 2006, at the age of 63, in Cincinnati.