Katherine Standefer

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Alpine, WY
Wyoming US
Email: 
kestandefer@gmail.com
Website: 
katherinestandefer.com
Twitter/X: 
@girlmakesfire

Author's Bio

Education: 
University of Arizona MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Jackson Hole Writers Conference

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Beautiful Flesh: A Body of Essays (ed. Stephanie G'Schwind) (Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, 2017)
,
How We Speak to One Another (ed. Ander Monson & Craig Reinbold) (Coffee House Press, 2017)
,
The Best American Essays 2016 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016)
Book:
Lightning Flowers (Little Brown, 2020)
Journals:
Colorado Review
,
Cutbank
,
Fourth Genre
,
Fugue
,
Indiana Review
,
Iowa Review
,
Kenyon Review Online
,
New England Review
,
Normal School
,
Quarterly West
,
Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments
,
Virginia Quarterly Review
Prizes won: 

Finalist for the 2021 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction; New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice/Staff Pick; Finalist for the Arizona/New Mexico Book Award in Autobiography; Shortlisted for 2018 J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Prize from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism; 2015 Iowa Review Award in Nonfiction. 

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Evanston, IL
Illinois
Raised in: 
Arlington Heights, IL
Illinois
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Last update: Jan 24, 2024