Gail Folkins has worked as a journalist, a writer/editor overseas, and a
writing instructor. Originally from Issaquah, Washington, she studied English and journalism at
Washington State University, wrote for newspapers in the Pacific
Northwest, and wrote creatively on her own.
After moving to Austin in
1989, she worked as a writer/editor for several companies, including
National Instruments. She began teaching after receiving a master's
degree in English at Texas State University.
From 1999-2000, she worked
in Switzerland as a writer/editor. She joined the graduate program at
Texas Tech University in 2003, completing her PhD in creative nonfiction
in 2006.
Her essays, articles, fiction, and poetry have appeared in
various journals, while her creative nonfiction book Texas Dance Halls: A
Two-Step Circuit (Texas Tech University Press) was released in September
2007. She teaches and writes in Austin.
Gail Folkins has worked as a journalist, a writer/editor overseas, and a
writing instructor. Originally from Issaquah, Washington, she studied English and journalism at
Washington State University, wrote for newspapers in the Pacific
Northwest, and wrote creatively on her own.
