Bio

Alissa Hattman is a writer and teacher living in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut novel Sift was shortlisted for the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Her short stories have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, longlisted for the Dzanc 2021 Prize for Fiction, and have appeared widely in Carve, The Rumpus, The Gravity of the Thing, Propeller, Big Other, Surely Magazine, and elsewhere. Alissa holds an MFA in Fiction from Pacific University and an MA in English Literature from Portland State University. She has taught writing classes and workshops for over 15 years and has worked as a fiction editor, book reviewer, zine librarian, writing group facilitator, and artist-in-residence at several arts centers, most recently Gullkistan Center for Creativity in Iceland. Originally from North Dakota, Alissa now lives between the Willamette and Molalla Rivers of Oregon with one human, two cats, and a massive backyard acacia covered in ivy and moss.

Contact: alissa at alissahattman dot com.