

I have a BS in journalism from California Polytechnic State University and an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University. I am a very fast writer and thanks to my start in journalism, I can meet a quick deadline. I have worked as an online dating profile writer for the last four years (fun!) and am looking to build my ghostwriting portfolio. SHE’S LANDED AN AGENT SHE ADMIRES (I love my agent so much she is just amazing) and a two-book deal with Catapult Books, and has grown into a woman who takes herself seriously as a writer and wields the sort of work ethic to prove it. I have worked as an editor for magazines, a copy writer and reader in book publishing, and have freelanced various editing projects from informational pamphlets for a doula, the web copy for a prestigious London PR firm, and a book length memoir project, not to mention countless resumes and cover letters. Told in bright, snapping prose that reveals a world of loss and love underneath, Chelsea Bieker brilliantly illuminates a golden yet gothic world of longing. I recently won a Rona Jaffe Writer's Award and my debut novel is coming out April of 2020 with Catapult, and a short story collection to follow in 2021. This is the sundrenched California nightmare of Claire Vaye Watkins and Joan Didion, and yet it is also an incredible story of resilience and rebirth. I felt the heat, the sand, the want, the confusion, and the pain on every page. Hello! My name is Chelsea and I'm a published novelist, short story writer, and essayist with nine years of experience teaching writing at the college level and freelance editing and writing. Chelsea Bieker’s debut novel kept me mesmerized till the very end.
