Christie Hodgen, who came to UMKC in 2007, writes novels and short fiction, and is currently at work on a memoir.
Ph.D. in English, University of Missouri-Columbia
M.F.A., Indiana University
Workshops in fiction and creative nonfiction (both graduate and undergraduate), introduction to fiction, contemporary fiction
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, 2011
Pushcart Prize, 2003 and 2009
National Endowment for the Arts Grant, 2001
AWP Award for Short Fiction, 2001
