Aubrey Hirsch

Aubrey Hirsch is a writer and illustrator living in New York. Her stories, essays, and comics have appeared in The New York TimesVoxTIME MagazineAmerican Short FictionBlack Warrior ReviewThe RumpusThe Nib and elsewhere. Aubrey is the author of a short story collection, Why We Never Talk About Sugar, and a flash fiction chapbook, This Will Be His Legacy.

Aubrey also teaches writing classes online and in person. She has taught in BA and MFA programs at Oberlin College, The University of Pittsburgh, Colorado College, Georgia College and State University, and Chatham University.

Aubrey is the recipient of a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Literature, an individual artist award from the Sustainable Arts Foundation, the Daehler Fellowship in Creative Writing from The Colorado College, and The Meek Award for Graphic Nonfiction from The Florida Review.

Student Feedback for Aubrey

The course was clear, informative and inspiring. I especially liked the exercises Aubrey shared, and the fact that she did them along with us. Aubrey was smart, friendly and encouraging. Teresa Wong