Haugen, Hayley Mitchell 1968–

Personal

Born 1968, in Kent, England. Education: California State University, Long Beach, M.A. (literature); University of Washington, M.F.A. (poetry); Ohio University, Ph.D. (American literature).

Addresses

Office—Department of English, Ohio University, 360 Ellis Hall, Athens, OH 45701. E-mail—grimmgirl@aol.com.

Career

Educator and writer. Sheila-Na-Gig, Torrance, CA, cofounder, editor, and publisher, 1990–2000; Seattle Review, Seattle, WA, editorial assistant, 1993–95; Ohio University, Athens, instructor in English, assistant editor of Hotel Amerika (literary magazine), 2005–, coeditor-in-chief of Quarter after Eight, 2002–04.

Member

Phi Kappa Phi.

Awards, Honors

Joan Grayston Award for Poetry, University of Washington, 1994; Academy of American Poets Prize, 1995; Columbia magazine first-place poetry prize, 1993.

Writings

Teenage Alcoholism, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

Teen Suicide, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

Endangered Habitats and Species: The Wolf, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

(Editor) Readings on "Wuthering Heights," Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 1998.

(Editor) Readings on "A Doll's House," Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 1998.

The Death Penalty: Contemporary Issues Companion, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 1998.

(Editor) Readings on "Black Boy," Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2000.

(Editor) Readings on "Native Son," Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2000.

A Complete History of the Death Penalty, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2001.

Readings on the Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2001.

Readings on the Metamorphosis, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2002.

Nature's Predators: The Eagle, KidHaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2002.

Life in a Coral Reef, KidHaven Press (Detroit, MI), 2003.

Teen Smoking, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Violent Children, Greenhaven Press (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Daniel Handler: The Real Lemony Snicket, KidHaven Press (Detroit, MI), 2005.

Epilepsy, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 2005.

Life in a Forest, KidHaven Press (Detroit, MI), 2005.

Life in a Grassland, KidHaven Press (Detroit, MI), 2006.

Monsters: Gargoyles, KidHaven Press (Detriot, MI), 2006.

Contributor to periodicals, including Cimarron, Columbia, Charlotte Review, Kalliope, Mid-America Poetry Review, New Delta Review, Poetry Northwest, Rattle, Spillway, Southern Poetry Review, and Wordwrights.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 2005, Hazel Rochman, review of Life in a Forest, p. 1800.

School Library Journal, May, 2002, Pat Bender, review of Readings on the Metamorphosis, p. 172; August, 2005, Christine E. Carr, review of The Real Lemony Snicket, p. 113.