Miranda Schmidt

Miranda Schmidt’s work circles the folkloric, the familial, queer magic, and the more-than-human world. Their writing has appeared in Triquarterly, Orion, Electric Literature, Catapult, Phoebe, and more. She has received support from the Lambda Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Writers and the Bread Loaf Environmental Conference and taught creative writing at the Portland Book Festival, the Loft, the University of Washington, and Portland Community College. They are a PhD candidate at Bath Spa University and received their MFA from the University of Washington. Their ongoing project, Writing Toward Nature, explores methods for bringing the more-than-human more deeply into our writing craft. Originally from the Midwest, Miranda now lives in Portland, Oregon. Leafskin (Stillhouse Press) is Miranda’s debut novel.