Andrea Penrose

Andrea Penrose (born 1968) is a British-born American writer, editor, and creative writing instructor. Penrose has written several published books, including "The Bird and the Seashell" (1999), "The Floating World" (2002), "Take Me to the Water" (2007), and "American Dharma" (2015). Her work has been praised for its lyrical language and insightful exploration of themes such as identity, memory, and nature. Penrose has also edited several anthologies of literature and essays, including "This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home" (1999) and "Art and Activism in the Twenty-First Century" (2017). She has received numerous grants and fellowships for her writing, including from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. Penrose's work has been widely anthologized and translated into several languages. She is a respected figure in the literary world, known for her contributions to both fiction and creative nonfiction.