Audrey Gutierrez is a Cuban-American writer from Louisiana and the author of Gótica (forthcoming 2027, Mariner Books), a novel about five sisters living on the edge of Cuba during the Revolution. She’s also working on a collection of sci-fi and horror stories called Tales from the Swamp as well as a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice set in modern day New Orleans. Past work has appeared in F(r)iction, Literary Magazine, CALYX Press, and Artslandia Magazine. Audrey earned her MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she was awarded the Mary Blodgett Fiction Prize from the University of Iowa. In summer 2022, she was an Alaska State Parks Artist-in-Residence and a 2022 PEN America Emerging Writers Fellowship Finalist. Audrey has taught fiction and nonfiction at Lewis & Clark College and The University of Iowa.
