Traci is a writer, teacher, mother, former radio and TV personality, and a college basketball player a long time ago. Every day of her life, strangers ask her how tall she is.
(6'1")
She holds an M.F.A. and a Ph.D in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah and is now a professor of writing and literature at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC where her classes often focus on the Fantastic, the monstrous, and the un-reasonable but always with the aim of testing limits, expanding critical and creative imaginations, and advancing the human project--which is, as she sees it, to achieve greater understanding, perfect respect, and unconditional acceptance for everyone. Similarly, her fictions, poems, and essays reflect her fascination with beautiful monsters and the multitude of possibilities available to us as writers, artists, and human beings.
In addition to Recipes for Endangered Species, Traci has published fiction and poetry in many journals and is currently working on a collection of short pieces exploring her Mormon background and its reverberations throughout her life and her relationships. She currently lives in Greensboro with her husband, the writer Jackson Connor, their four children, one labradoodle and a "cat."
(6'1")
She holds an M.F.A. and a Ph.D in literature and creative writing from the University of Utah and is now a professor of writing and literature at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC where her classes often focus on the Fantastic, the monstrous, and the un-reasonable but always with the aim of testing limits, expanding critical and creative imaginations, and advancing the human project--which is, as she sees it, to achieve greater understanding, perfect respect, and unconditional acceptance for everyone. Similarly, her fictions, poems, and essays reflect her fascination with beautiful monsters and the multitude of possibilities available to us as writers, artists, and human beings.
In addition to Recipes for Endangered Species, Traci has published fiction and poetry in many journals and is currently working on a collection of short pieces exploring her Mormon background and its reverberations throughout her life and her relationships. She currently lives in Greensboro with her husband, the writer Jackson Connor, their four children, one labradoodle and a "cat."