Biography
Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of seven books of fiction: How Not to Drown, Vanishing Acts, Wild Things, Shark Girls, Dream Lives of Butterflies, Climbing the God Tree, and Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile. Her books won the 2021 and 2018 International Book Awards, the 2021 NYC Big Book Award in General Fiction, the CNY 2017 Fiction Award, the Willa Cather Fiction Prize, the Zephyr Prize, the IPPY Gold Medal, Ian MacMillan Fiction Award, and more.
Her stories and essays have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, Fiction Writers Review, and many other venues. She is a recipient of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor鈥檚 Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities at 91社区, where she is SUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing.
Selected Publications
- How Not to Drown, 2021. Alcove/Crooked Lane Books. Novel.
- Vanishing Acts, 2018. Fomite Press. Novel.
- Wild Things, 2016. BkMk Press, Univ. of Missouri, KC. Linked stories.
- Shark Girls, 2009. Livingston Press, Univ. of West Alabama. Novel.
- Dream Lives of Butterflies, 2007. BkMk Press. Linked Stories.
Education
- MA, Brown University
- BA, University of Washington
Research Interests
- 18-19th century Highland Clearances
- Environmental science
- Nature writing
- Climate change
Teaching Interests
- Fiction Writing: Novels and Stories.
- Contemporary Literature, International.
- ENG 641 Fiction Workshop, CW 450 Advanced Fiction Workshop, CW 350 Intermediate Fiction Workshop, CW 380, various