H. K*ia (K*) Fleisher (born October 21, 1959) is an American writer best known for her fiction and creative nonfiction.

Biography

Fleisher holds degrees in English from Dickinson College (B.A., 1981), the University of North Dakota (M.A., 1989), and Binghamton University (Ph.D., 1993). Fleisher is the author of five books and numerous essays and reviews, and the editor, with Caitlin M. Alvarez, of a literary anthology. With her frequent writing partner, Joe Amato, Fleisher has written several screenplays (none of which have been produced to date). Since 2003, Fleisher has taught creative writing at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She's the founding publisher of Steerage Press.

Books

As author

• The Bear River M*acre and the Making of History (SUNY Press, 2004)
• Accidental Species: A Reproduction (Chax Press, 2005)
• The Adventurous (Factory School, 2006)
• Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
• Dead Woman Hollow (SUNY Press, 2012)

As editor

• Litscapes: Collected US Writings 2015 (Steerage Press, 2015)

External links

• Official site of K* Fleisher
• http://english.illinoisstate.edu/people/index.aspx?action=profile&ulid=hkfleis&dept=424