sentences:  In 2002, she earned an M.F.A.in Creative Writing from California State University, Fresno, where she studied fiction writing with Steve Yarbrough and David Borofka and creative nonfiction with John Hales.Lynch’s first published works were in cycling journalism and appeared in "Competitive Cycling", "Bike World", "Bicycling", "Women Sports", and similar publications, 1977-1980.