Sonya Huber

Sonya Huber has written two books of creative nonfiction, Cover Me: A Health Insurance Memoir (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), finalist for the ForeWord Book of the Year; and Opa Nobody (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), shortlisted for the Saroyan Prize. She has also written a textbook, The Backwards Research Guide for Writers: Using Your Life for Reflection, Connection, and Inspiration (Equinox Publications, 2011). Her work has been published in literary journals and magazines, including Brevity, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Crab Orchard Review, Hotel Amerika, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and the Washington Post Magazine. Her essays have received the 2013 Creative Nonfiction Award from Terrain and will appear in the forthcoming book, The Best of Creative Nonfiction. She teaches in the Department of English at Fairfield University and in the Fairfield Low-Residency MFA Program. Visit her at www.sonyahuber.com.