Monica Hileman

Fiction Writer

Medford, MA

Massachusetts US

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Author's Bio

Originally from the Chicago area, Monica lived in Portland, Oregon before moving cross country to the Atlantic coast and settling in Somerville, Ma. She now lives just over the border in Medford.

Publications & Prizes

Journals:

Anomaly

Arts & Letters

Catamaran Literary Reader

Concho River Review

Flyway

Georgetown Review

Printers Row Journal

South Dakota Quarterly

The Baffler

Prizes won:

Prizes almost won: In 2010 my short story collection was a finalist for the Bakeless Prize and the following year I was first runner up for the Miami University Press Novella award. There are half a dozen other prizes I was short and long listed for.

Personal Favorites

What I'm reading now:

Thelonious Monk The Life and Times of an American Original by Robin D. G. Kelly, Hurricane Season by Fernanda Melchor

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

European American, White

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English, Spanish

Born in:

Chicago Heights, IL

Illinois

Raised in:

Glen Ellyn, IL

Illinois

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Last update: Jan 07, 2021