Brooke Wrisley

Brooke Wrisley

Brooke Wrisley is a graduate student in the MA program in English/Creative Writing at Sonoma State University. Born and raised in Sonoma County, she writes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications from Zaum to the local community newspaper. She received the Moon Valley Writing Award for fiction at SSU in 2018. Brooke's work is at times challenging, often feminist, and always queer. Her writing focuses on both the unique struggles and celebrations of a modern queer existence by using poetic prose to lovingly navigate the often harsh realities of existing while queer, all while striving to make the stories of queer lives accessible to all audiences