Rachael Marie Walker is a Seattle writer from the weeds of Virginia. They’ve called Washington, DC, several corners of Virginia, and Paris home, but they’re happiest in the Pacific Northwest.

They graduated summa cum laude from Hollins University in 2018. Rachael is currently an MFA student in prose at the University of Washington - Seattle.

Their writing likes to focus on The Body, a firm sense of place (often Virginia), sex, queerness, complicating womanhood, and what makes a home. They credit music as one of their biggest influences and greatest loves.

As an educator, they focus on developing meaningful relationships and allowing student interest to drive their writing, fostering a space for curiosity and experimentation. They believe strongly that openness and vulnerability from an instructor models an environment of openness and vulnerability for students, and is open about their queerness, gender, race, and social location to support this.

When not reading, writing, or teaching, they enjoy bicycling around the Puget Sound and Lake Washington, baking bread and cupcakes, rollerskating, rock climbing, wandering thrift stores in Capitol Hill, going to punk shows, and watching trashy reality TV with their cat, Honeybee.

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