Irene Keliher

A Seattle fiction writer, essayist, and a 2018 NEA Literature Fellow, Keliher's pieces have appeared in Narrative, The Millions, Salon, and The Weeklings. She's written about Nanci Griffith, dog training, lesbian parenting, opera, blackberries, and more. As a fun fact, she was the first girl to win the Washington State Geography Bee in 1994.

In progress: novel, essay collection, short pieces about being a midlife queer, class in ‘Merica, pie, lesfic, adult ADHD, tech job culture, Xennial feels, and hot takes on AI-generated content (if she ever unveils her Fun Content Marketing Personality on LinkedIn.) Dreams: socialized medicine for all, 9 hours sleep / night, taking more classes at the Feminist Karate Union, starting a support group for MFAs in tech, and more time to write, even though time is but an illusion.