Camille Griep lives and writes in Seattle, Washington. She currently helms the literary magazine Does It Have Pockets, following editorial positions at The Lascaux Review, Easy Street, & The Los Angeles Review.
Her first novel, Letters to Zell, was released in July 2015. Her followup, New Charity Blues, arrived in April 2016. (Both 47North). She also continues to write short fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry.
Born in Billings, Montana, she moved to Southern California to secure a dual degree in Biology and Literature. After careers in marketing, commercial real estate, and financial risk analysis, she now writes and edits full time.
She is a 2012 graduate of Viable Paradise, a residential workshop for speculative fiction novelists. As director of communications for Prison Renaissance, she supports the organization’s mission to end cycles of incarceration.
Agent: Cameron McClure at Donald Maass Literary Agency.
Connect:
- Email: camillegriep (at) gmail (dot) com
- Twitter @CamilleTheGriep
Nominations & Prizes:
- “The Perils of Rosella”: Nominee, Best of the Net 2014
- “Pros & Cons of Montana”: Nominee, Best of the Net 2014
- “Man in the Moon”: Nominee, 2014 Pushcart Prize; Nominee, Million Writers 2014; Nominee Best of the Net 2014
- “Blazer”: Reader’s Choice Winner, July 2013
- “Circumstances”: The Lascaux Review Flash Fiction Prize, 2013