Catherine Vance holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M as well as an MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Washington University in St. Louis.  She was a recipient of the Dobie-Paisano Award from the Texas Institute of Letters.  Courses she has taught for Writespace include Social Justice Memoir, Transforming Trauma, The Lyric Essay, Writing Your Dreams, and The Poetry of Relationship. A former college English teacher, she is a trained chaplain working toward her Master’s in Divinity at Iliff School of Theology in Denver. She is the author of The Mountains Under Her Feet (Balance of Seven Press, 2023) and the short story collection The Orchard Camp (2008). Her poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction have been published in a variety of literary journals. Read some of her work and learn more about her at  catherinevance.com. Connect with her on Instagram @bluemtns2sea.

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