Angela Jane Fountas
2006 Jack Straw Writers Program

Angela Jane Fountas writes, teaches, and runs WriteHabit.org, a website in support of new and emerging writers. She is also a volunteer at 826 Seattle. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in elimae, The Bitter Oleander, Diagram, Monkeybicycle, Pindeldyboz, Redivider, and Sentence, among others. Her story "Lydia" was nominated for a 2004 Pushcart Prize. Angela holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Alabama. She is working on a short story collection and is the editor of the anthology Waking Up American (Seal Press, 2005).

Listen to Angela Fountas' live reading in the 2006 May Reading Series. Click here to hear the podcast.