13 Facts About Darcey Steinke

Darcey Steinke was born on April 25,1962 and is an American author and educator.

Darcey Steinke has written five novels: Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, Milk, and Sister Golden Hair.

Darcey Steinke, born in Oneida, New York, on April 25,1962, is the daughter of a Lutheran minister.

Darcey Steinke grew up in upstate New York; Connecticut; Philadelphia; and Roanoke, Virginia.

Darcey Steinke is a graduate of Cave Spring High School, Goucher College, and the University of Virginia, where she received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.

Darcey Steinke is the author of four novels, Up Through the Water, Suicide Blonde, Jesus Saves, and Milk, and the spiritual memoir Easter Everywhere.

Darcey Steinke co-edited the collection of essays Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited with Rick Moody.

Darcey Steinke has written extensively on art and literature and has contributed to Spin Magazine, covering the David Koresh Branch Davidian story and contributing a 1993 cover story on Kurt Cobain.

Darcey Steinke's writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Review, Vogue, Spin Magazine, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and The Guardian.

Darcey Steinke teaches creative writing at Princeton University and the American University of Paris and in the graduate programs at New School University and Columbia University.

Darcey Steinke previously taught at the University of Mississippi, where she was a writer-in-residence, and at Barnard College.

Darcey Steinke played guitar in the New York-based rock band Ruffian.

Darcey Steinke has written about how her struggles with a stutter contributed to her writing career.