About

AnnElise Hatjakes holds an MFA degree in fiction from the University of Nevada, Reno. Prior to pursuing her MFA degree, she earned her master’s degree in writing. She is currently a PhD student in fiction at the University of Missouri.

In her fiction, she is exploring the relationship between place and identity, inspired by her upbringing in Reno, Nevada. She is currently completing revisions of her novel that tracks two parallel stories: one about a present-day archivist and one about the subject of her Comstock-era research—slain brothel madame, Julia Bulette. She is also working on a collection of short stories.

As an educator, she has worked to expose her students to diverse voices that are often excluded from the canon or are otherwise silenced. She is the recipient of the University of Chicago's Outstanding Educator Award, and has taught at a wide range of institutions, including a public high school, a school for gifted students, a county jail, two universities, and a community college.