Amelia Bishop is a writer and educator based in Milwaukee. Born in 1985 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, she studied sociology and urban studies at the University of Minnesota and earned an MFA from Portland State University. She worked for nearly a decade as a grant writer and community arts organizer in Chicago and the Twin Cities before turning to teaching. Her stories and essays have appeared in regional journals and online outlets, and she has been awarded residencies at Ragdale and Tofte Lake Center. When not writing, she leads neighborhood library workshops and bikes along Lake Michigan year-round.
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