ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Judith Cooper lives and works in Chicago. Nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Stories, her work has appeared in New Stories from the Midwest, The Normal School, Shenandoah, The Southern Review, Pleiades, and elsewhere. Her work was a finalist for the 2019 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction, a semifinalist for the 2018 Black River Spring Chapbook Competition, a finalist for both the 2014 Glimmer Train Family Matters and the 2010 Glimmer Train Fiction Open contests, and shortlisted for Best American Fantasy 2010. She has an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and is the recipient of several Illinois Arts Council fellowships and grants, an Individual Artists Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, and several other awards. Her work has been supported by fellowships and residencies at Ragdale, The Hambidge Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Schwandorf, Germany, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, and Carraig-na-gcat in West Cork, Ireland.
In her youth she was a chair caner, belly dancer, computer programmer, book store cashier, aid worker in the Philadelphia projects, medical coder, archaeological excavator, and a lab tech. Now that she's all grown up, she has a more serious job.
Born in Philadelphia, she's lived in Baltimore, Cleveland, London, Cleveland again, Philadelphia, Leeds, Philadelphia again, Iowa City, and finally, Chicago.
That's her story, and she's sticking to it.
In her youth she was a chair caner, belly dancer, computer programmer, book store cashier, aid worker in the Philadelphia projects, medical coder, archaeological excavator, and a lab tech. Now that she's all grown up, she has a more serious job.
Born in Philadelphia, she's lived in Baltimore, Cleveland, London, Cleveland again, Philadelphia, Leeds, Philadelphia again, Iowa City, and finally, Chicago.
That's her story, and she's sticking to it.