Kass Fleisher

Helen Kassia (Kass) Fleisher (October 21, 1959 – January 6, 2023) was an American writer best known for her fiction and creative nonfiction.

Kass Fleisher
Born	(1959-10-21)October 21, 1959 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Died	January 6, 2023(2023-01-06) (aged 63) Normal, Illinois, U.S.
Education	Dickinson College (BA) University of North Dakota (MA) Binghamton University (PhD)
Genre	Fiction, creative nonfiction, plays, screenplays
Spouse	Joe Amato ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2013)​
Website
kassfleisher.com

Biography

Fleisher earned degrees in English from Dickinson College (B.A., 1981), the University of North Dakota (M.A., 1989), and Binghamton University (Ph.D., 1993). Fleisher was the author of five books and numerous essays and reviews, and the editor, with Caitlin M. Alvarez, of a literary anthology. Screenplays coauthored with her frequent writing partner, Joe Amato (poet), have reached the semifinal rounds of the Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Film Festival, and Chesterfield Writer's Film Project competitions, and on three occasions have placed in the Second Round of the Austin competition. From 2003 to 2023, Fleisher was a member of the creative writing faculty at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. She founded Steerage Press in 2011.

Books

As author

• The Bear River Massacre and the Making of History (SUNY Press, 2004)
• Accidental Species: A Reproduction (Chax Press, 2005)
• The Adventurous (Factory School, 2006)
• Talking out of School: Memoir of an Educated Woman (Dalkey Archive Press, 2008)
• Dead Woman Hollow (SUNY Press, 2012)

As editor

• Litscapes: Collected US Writings 2015 (Steerage Press), 2015)

External links

• Official site of Kass Fleisher