Rachel was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, a YoungArts Scholar, and a US Presidential Scholar in the Arts. She received a degree in creative writing at Creighton University and an MA in literature from Iowa State University.
A Midwesterner born and raised, Rachel is an writer and humorist. Her work has been published in The New York Times, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, and other outlets (clips here). She is represented by Veronica Park at Fuse Literary.
Rachel is an omnivorous and obsessive reader and reviews books on this blog (you can also find her @rachelm on Litsy). She teaches at a university, is a decent cook, a passionate gardener, and pretty great at karaoke, specifically anything from Jagged Little Pill.
