Jaimee Wriston Colbert is the author of seven books of fiction: How Not to Drown, Vanishing Acts, Wild Things, Shark Girls, Dream Lives of Butterflies, Climbing the God Tree, and Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile. Her books won the 2018 International Book Award, CNY 2017 Fiction Award, Willa Cather Fiction Prize, Zephyr Prize, IPPY Gold Medal, Ian MacMillan Fiction Award and more. Her stories have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, and many other venues. She is the recipient of the 2019 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities and was invited to deliver the Dean’s 2021 Distinguished Lecture. Originally from Hawaii she lives in upstate New York, where she is Distinguished Professor of English and Creative Writing at Binghamton University.

Website: https://www.jaimeewristoncolbert.com

Publications

• How Not to Drown , Alcove Press/Crooked Lane Books (May 11, 2021)
• Vanishing Acts , Fomite (March 1, 2018)
• Wild Things , BkMk Press (October 15, 2016)
• Shark Girls , Livingston Press (January 1, 2010)
• Dream Lives of Butterflies , BkMk (September 1, 2007)
• Climbing the God Tree , Helicon Nine Editions (September 4, 1998)
• Sex, Salvation, and the Automobile , Zephyr (October 15, 1994)

Awards

• 2018-19 SUNY Chancellor's Award for Scholarship & Creative Activities(2019)
• 2018 International Book Award-Short Stories(2019)
• CNY 2017 Book Award Fiction, Wild Things(2017)
• Ian MacMillan Fiction Prize(2012)
• Isotope Editors' Fiction Prize(2009)
• Jane's Stories National Fiction Award(2008)
• Gold Medal/First Place Independent Publisher Awards-Short Stories/Fiction(2008)
• Willa Cather Fiction Prize(1997)
• Zephyr Publishing Prize(1994)

Employment

• Distinguished Professor at SUNY, Binghamton University (September 2001 - )

Degrees

• Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Brown University
• Bachelor of Arts in English/Creative Writing from University of Washington

Genres of Interest

Fiction