E.E. Hussey (Erica) is the author of Hafa Adai (Curbstone Books, 2027). She has received support from the Vermont Studio Center, the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, Tin House, and the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference. She has previous work experience as a surgical research specialist and as a science writer and editor. She is an assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Education
MFA, University of Alabama (Creative Writing, Prose)
MA, Johns Hopkins (Science Writing)
BA, University of Texas at Austin (English)
Research Interests
Fiction; hybrid and experimental writing; nonfiction; science writing, horror + politics; magical realism; environment; nonhuman + human; folklore + myth; global literature; Asian American literature; Filipino literature; postcolonial environmental literature
Courses Taught
ENGL 2128: Intro to Fiction Writing
ENGL 3202: Intermediate Fiction Writing
ENGL 4203/5203: Advanced Fiction Writing
ENGL 6073: Topics in Creative Writing
Publications
Books:
Hafa Adai (Curbstone Books, 2027)
Fiction:
“Spider Fight,” The Kenyon Review
“Strange Foot and the Auditor,” Hayden’s Ferry Review
“Howled Me Down,” PANK Magazine
Hybrid:
“Bones and Honey,” Passages North
Nonfiction:
“Monstrum,” Carve Magazine
“Heart,” The Collapsar
Works-in-progress:
a collection of stories, a hybrid novel set in 1900s New Zealand, a horror novel set in a Carolina swamp, and a novel about fertility research
Selected Residencies, Grants, Honors, Misc.
• Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
• Best American Essays 2020, notable essay: “Monstrum” in Carve Magazine
• Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference Teaching Fellow, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University
• Vermont Studio Center Residency
• Tin House Scholar
Faculty Appointments
• Assistant Professor, Department of English, UNC Charlotte, 2025–present
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sewanee: The University of the South
• Adjunct Professor, Department of English, College of Charleston
• Lecturer, Rural Scholars, University of Alabama