11 Facts About Terry Wolverton

Terry Wolverton was born on 1954 and is an American novelist, memoirist, poet, and editor.

Terry Wolverton's novel-in-poems Embers was a finalist for the PEN USA Litfest Poetry Award and the Lambda Literary Award.

Terry Wolverton graduated from the Performing Arts curriculum of Cass Technical High School in 1972, after which she attended the University of Detroit as a student in its Bachelor of Fine Arts Theatre program.

In 1975, Terry Wolverton participated in Sagaris, an independent institute for the study of feminist political theory.

Terry Wolverton ultimately received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Creative Writing and Theater from Thomas Jefferson College, an experimental school based at Grand Valley State Colleges in Western Michigan, where she participated in its feminist Women, World, and Wonder program.

Terry Wolverton received a certificate from the Feminist Studio Workshop in Los Angeles and is a certified Kundalini yoga and meditation instructor.

Terry Wolverton moved to Los Angeles in 1976, enrolling in the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman's Building.

Terry Wolverton spent the next thirteen years at the Woman's Building where, in addition to writing and performing, she was instrumental in the Lesbian Art Project, the Incest Awareness Project, the Great American Lesbian Art Show, a year-long performance project called "An Oral Herstory of Lesbianism", and a White Women's Anti-Racism Consciousness-Raising Group.

Terry Wolverton has taught performance skills and creative writing since 1977.

In 1997, Terry Wolverton founded Writers at Work, a creative writing center where she continues to teach fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry, and to provide creative consultations to writers.

In 2007, Terry Wolverton co-founded The Future of Publishing Think Tank, which convened writers, publishers, booksellers and publicists to consider new models for reaching readers.