Jeannine Hall Gailey (born April 30, 1973) is an American poet. She has published five books of poetry and two books of non-fiction. Her work focuses on pop culture, science and science fiction, fairy tales, and mythology.
Early life and education
Gailey was born in
New Haven, Connecticut
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, and raised in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the
University of Cincinnati
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, Master of Arts in English from the University of Cincinnati, and MFA from
Pacific University
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.
Career
In 2012, Gailey was appointed to the position of poet laureate of
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 73,256 at the 2020 census, up from 54,144 in 2010.
Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America.
With an an ...
.
She was also selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.
She previously taught at
National University
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and was on the faculty of the
Centrum
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Young Artists Project in
Port Townsend
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, Washington.
Gailey has published five books of poetry, ''
Field Guide to the End of the World,'' ''
The Robot Scientist's Daughter'', ''
Unexplained Fevers'', ''
She Returns to the Floating World'', and ''
Becoming the Villainess.''
Honors
*''
Field Guide to the End of the World'' won the 2017 Elgin Award from the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association.
*''Field Guide to the End of the World'' was a finalist for the Horror Writers Association 2016 Bram Stoker Awards.
*''
The Robot Scientist's Daughter'' won second place in the 2016 Elgin Awards for full-length poetry books published in 2014 and 2015; presented by the
Science Fiction Poetry Association
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) is a society based in the United States with the aim of fostering an international community of writers and readers interested in poetry pertaining to the genres of science fiction, fantasy, ...
.
*''Field Guide to the End of the World'' won the 2015 Moon City Poetry Award.
*''
Unexplained Fevers'' won second place in the 2014 Elgin Awards for full-length poetry books published in 2013; presented by the Science Fiction Poetry Association.
*"Introduction to the Body in Fairy Tales" was featured in ''
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six'' anthology.
*Selected by Ellen Bass as a runner-up in the first biennial Phyllis L. Ennes Poetry Contest with an appearance at the Skagit River Poetry Festival.
*Selected as a member of the 2013 Jack Straw Writers Program.
*Appointed as the second Poet Laureate for the city of
Redmond, Washington
Redmond is a city in King County, Washington, United States, located east of Seattle. The population was 73,256 at the 2020 census, up from 54,144 in 2010.
Redmond is best known as the home of Microsoft and Nintendo of America.
With an an ...
in 2012.
*Awarded a top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2011) for "A Morning of Sunflowers (for Fukushima)"
*''
She Returns to the Floating World'' won a silver medal in the Florida Publisher's Association 2011 President's Book Award for Poetry
*Awarded the top prize from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Memorial Fund (2007)
*Awarded a State Artist Trust GAP Grant (2007)
*Two poems from her first full-length book, ''
Becoming the Villainess'', appeared in ''
Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
''Year's Best Fantasy and Horror'' was a reprint anthology published annually by St. Martin's Press from 1987 to 2008. In addition to the short stories, supplemented by a list of honorable mentions, each edition included a number of retrospective e ...
'' (2007).
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References
External links
Official siteJack Straw interview and reading (audio)Poets and Writers Directory of WritersSteel Toe Books
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1973 births
Living people
Pacific University alumni
University of Cincinnati alumni
Writers from New Haven, Connecticut
Municipal Poets Laureate in the United States
American women poets
21st-century American poets
21st-century American women writers