Alice Osborn’s past educational (MA in English from North Carolina State Univeristy and BS in Finance from Virginia Tech)
and work experience is unusually varied, and it now feeds her work as a poet-singer/songwriter, book coach, and editor of
Wake Living magazine. In the past decade,
Alice has taught writing workshops to thousands of aspiring fiction and memoir authors of nearly all ages from 9 to 90, both around the corner and across continents.
Heroes without Capes is her most recent collection of poetry. Previous collections are
After the Steaming Stops and
Unfinished Projects. Alice is also the editor of the anthologies
Tattoos and
Creatures of Habitat, both from Main Street Rag
. A North Carolina Writers’ Network, North Carolina Songwriters Co-op board member, and a Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has appeared in the
News and Observer,
The Broad River Review,
The Pedestal Magazine,
Soundings Review, and numerous other journals and anthologies. When she’s not editing or writing,
Alice plays guitar and violin. She lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband, two children, four loud birds, and Mr. Nibbles, the guinea pig. Visit
Alice’s website at
www.aliceosborn.com.