Nicole M. Coonradt

Nicole M. Coonradt is a pilgrim who counts teaching in the prison among her most rewarding professional experiences to date. Besides scholarly studies on canonical authors from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison, she also writes creatively. Her poems have been published in online and print journals internationally, cross-genre historical fiction has appeared in Dappled Things, and a short story, “The Brick Wall,” was semi-finalist for a fiction contest at Ruminate. In collaboration with composer Mark Douglass, she is currently writing the libretto for a tragic opera in three acts.