Terry Wolverton

Terry Wolverton
Terry Wolverton reading with Writers At Work at Art Institute of California, Hollywood, for LitCrawl. Los Angeles, 2016.
Terry Wolverton reading with Writers At Work at Art Institute of California, Hollywood, for LitCrawl. Los Angeles, 2016.
Born (1954-08-23) August 23, 1954 (age 70)
Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation
  • Writer
  • Editor
  • Writing instructor
Education
  • University of Detroit
  • University of Toronto
  • Thomas Jefferson College
Genre
  • Poetry
  • Fiction
  • Creative nonfiction
Literary movementFeminist, LGBTQ
Notable worksInsurgent Muse: life and art at the Woman’s Building;
Embers
SpouseYvonne M. Estrada
Website
terrywolverton.net

Terry Wolverton (born 1954) is an American novelist, memoirist, poet, and editor. Her book Insurgent Muse: Life and Art at the Woman's Building, a memoir published in 2002 by City Lights Books, was named one of the "Best Books of 2002" by the Los Angeles Times,[1] and was the winner of the 2003 Publishing Triangle[2] Judy Grahn Award, and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award. Her novel-in-poems Embers was a finalist for the PEN USA Litfest Poetry Award[3] and the Lambda Literary Award.[4]

  1. ^ George, Lynell (September 18, 2002). "Return to the Source; Women gather at the spot where many found their voices in the '70s and blossomed". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ Publishing Triangle
  3. ^ "PEN Center USA | Home". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
  4. ^ Lambda Literary Foundation :: Board of Trustees