Degrees Held
B.A., 1981, University of Colorado
M.A., 1991, University of Denver
Ph.D., 1996, University of Denver
Academic Summary
Kristen Iversen is the author of the bestselling biography Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, winner of the Colorado Book Award for Biography and the Barbara Sudler Award for Nonfiction. Her work has appeared in The Dickinson Review, The Bloomsbury Review, The Alaska Quarterly, The Flannery O'Connor Bulletin, and others, and her short story collection, The Shape of a Secret, was a finalist in the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. She is currently completing Full Body Burden: A Memoir of Rocky Flats. Iversen has been featured on A & E Biography, The History Channel, The Today Show, the Fox News Network, and National Public Radio. A popular A & E television biography, Molly Brown: An American Original, was based on Iversen's work. A travel writer in Europe for several years, Iversen teaches creative nonfiction and fiction in the Creative Writing Program at The University of Memphis. Kristen Iversen is Faculty Editor of The Pinch, formerly River City, the literary journal of The University of Memphis, and she also coordinates the MFA newsletter.
Courses Taught
7601 Creative Nonfiction Workshop
7470 Forms of Creative Nonfiction
7475 Literary Publishing
Major Publications
- "Chatelaine." Sites of Insight: Colorado Sacred Places. University of Colorado Press, Fall 2003. (Winner of the 2003 Colorado Endowment of the Humanities Publication Prize)
- "Full Body Burden: Chapter One." DIVIDE: The University of Colorado's Journal of Writing and Ideas. Fall 2003. (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize)
- The Living Circle. Alpha Gamma Delta, Inc., 2004.
- Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth. Johnson Books, 1999. (Winner of the 2000 Colorado Book Award and the Barbara Sudler Award for Nonfiction)
- Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction, Prentice Hall, 2004.
