BIOGRAPHY

Stacey Levine is the author of five books of uniquely original voice-driven fiction. Her novel MICE 1961, concerns a young woman bullied for her albinism during the Cold War era. Levine’s short fiction collectioncollection MY HORSE AND OTHER STORIES won a PEN Fiction Award; THE GIRL WITH BROWN FUR, longlisted for The Story Prize, was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award, and her novel FRANCES JOHNSON was also shortlisted for the Washington State Book Award. MY HORSE and Levine’s novel DRA—  were published by the much-lauded Los Angeles-based Sun & Moon Press. Her short fiction has been translated for Danish and Japanese publications.

As frequent a guest presenter at mucid bar/galleries as at university writing programs, Levine has published fiction in The Brooklyn Rail, Tin House, Fence, The Fairy Tale Review, The Santa Monica Review, Yeti, The Iowa Review, and other venues. A collaborator with experimental cellist and composer Lori Goldston, Levine has received a Stranger Genius Award for Literature and other fellowships. She lives in Seattle and is proud to teach in the Seattle College District with AFT representation.