Heather Sellers, a Florida native, is the author of five volumes of poetry: Women in Tampa Talking About Alligators, Field Notes from the Flood Zone, The Present State of the Garden, The Boys I Borrow and Drinking Girls and Their Dresses.
She has published four books on the craft of writing, including How to Make Poems, Page After Page and Chapter After Chapter. Her popular textbook, The Practice of Creative Writing, is in its fourth edition.
She’s written a children’s book, Spike and Cubby’s Ice Cream Island Adventure, with Amy Young, and published numerous chapbooks, and a collection of linked short stories, Georgia Under Water.
Her memoir, You Don’t Look Like Anyone I Know, was Editor’s Choice at The New York Times Book Review, and was featured on NPR, the Today Show, Good Morning America, and The Rachael Ray Show.
She teaches a wide range of courses, including micro memoir, braided narratives, story structure, the art of the sentence, and the poetry of mindfulness.