Rebecca Brown is a writer, visual artist and curator who is also known for her teaching and activism. She was the first writer in residence at the Richard Hugo House and she is co-founder of the Jack Straw Writers Program. A previous workshop participant noted that “Rebecca is incredibly learned and generous with knowledge and expertise.”

Author a dozen books published in the U.S. and abroad, Brown’s books include “American Romances,” winner of the Publishing Triangle Award; “The Last Time I Saw You”, “The End of Youth”, “The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary”, “Annie Oakley’s Girl”, “The Terrible Girls”, “The Gifts of the Body” and “Excerpts From a Family Medical Dictionary.”

Her altered texts and installations have been exhibited in the Frye Art Museum, Hedreen Gallery, Arizona Center for Poetry and Simon Fraser Gallery. She has been awarded a Stranger Genius Award, Boston Book Review Award, Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, Lambda Literary Award and has twice won the Washington State Book Award.

Along with Robert Corbett, she co-edited “Experimental Theology,” an anthology of responses to modern views of God and godlessness. She also colaborated with Mary Jane Knecht of the Frye Art Museum on “Looking Together: Writers on Art.”

Brown wrote the libretto for The Onion Twins, a dance opera in collaboration with Better Biscuit Dance, and has collaborated with numerous other dancers, musicians, theater, opera, film and visual artists. She has taught and lectured in the U.S. and abroad. She is currently artist in residence at University of Washington, Bothell, and is a member of the faculty in Goddard College’s master of fine arts in writing program.