Jennifer Horne

Jennifer Horne is a writer, editor, and teacher who explores identity and place through poetry, fiction, prose, and anthologies. She has taught classes and writing workshops in varied settings, from university Honors students to school children to women in prison. Her previous books include a poetry collection, Bottle Tree, two poetry chapbooks, Miss Betty’s School of Dance and Tineretului, and a collection of short stories, Tell the World You’re a Wildflower.  The editor of a collection of poems and co-editor of two essay collections, she has received fellowships from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Seaside Institute in Florida. Raised in Arkansas and now based in Alabama, Horne has lived in Bucharest, Romania, and Oxford, England, has traveled widely in Europe, and is always pondering her next trip.