Deirdre Fagan

Deirdre Fagan is the author of a poetry collection, Phantom Limbs (Finishing Line Press, 2023), an award-winning memoir, Find a Place for Me: Embracing Love and Life in the Face of Death (Pact Press, Regal House Publishing, November 1, 2022), a short story collection, The Grief Eater (Adelaide Books, 2020), and a chapbook of poetry, Have Love (Finishing Line Press, 2019). Her poetry, fiction, and nonfiction have appeared widely in literary journals and anthologies. Fagan is also the author of the reference book, Critical Companion to Robert Frost (Facts on File, 2007) and has published critical essays on poetry, memoir, and pedagogy. Notably, her essay on Emily Dickinson’s dash was included in Harold Bloom’s Modern Critical Views. Fagan holds a doctorate in Humanistic Studies (English and Philosophy) and a master’s in English from University at Albany, SUNY, and a bachelor’s in English from University at Buffalo, SUNY, and has taught university courses in writing and literature for over two decades. She is a native New Yorker who has also lived in Arizona, Florida, Illinois, and Maryland, and currently resides in Michigan where she teaches and coordinates the creative writing program at Ferris State University. For her memoir, Fagan is a National Indie Excellence Awards gold medal winner, Readers’ Favorite gold medal winner, Living Now Awards bronze medal winner, Shelf Unbound Indie Notable 100, American Writing Awards finalist, and American Bookfest finalist. For her short story collection, she is an Eric Hoffer Book Award category finalist and Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist. For her poetry, a Best of the Net finalist and Pushcart Prize nominee. Fagan is also the poetry editor at Orange Blossom Review. She is currently in the process of revising a second memoir.