Kosiso Ugwueze is a Pushcart Prize-nominated fiction writer and editor. She was born in Enugu, Nigeria but grew up in Southern California. Her short stories have appeared in Gulf Coast, /Subtropics and the South Carolina Review, among others. In 2020, Kosiso was awarded a Barbara Deming Memorial grant for feminist fiction. Other awards include residencies and fellowships from Kimbilio, Ox-Bow School of Art and the Vermont Studio Center. Kosiso is Fiction Editor for the online literary journal The Offing and lives in Baltimore where she’s at work on a novel and a collection of short stories. You can find her on Twitter @ugwueze_kosiso.
