Casey Plett

Casey Plett
Assistant Professor
Ellis Hall 330, Athens Campus
English
email address plett@ohio.edu

Education

M.F.A., Creative Writing, Columbia University, New York, NY

B.A., English, Portland State University, Portland, OR

Biography

Casey is originally from the Canadian Prairies, Treaty 1 Territory. In addition to her books, she has authored the feature-length script So Rachel Might Leave the City, and the screen adaptation for Little Fish. She is the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers and the Publisher at LittlePuss Press. 

Scholarly Focus

  • Creative Writing: Fiction
  • Independent Publishing
  • Trans Literature
  • Mennonite Literature

Books

On Community, Windsor, ON: Biblioasis, 2023.

A Dream of a Woman, Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2021.

Little Fish, Vancouver: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2018.

A Safe Girl to Love, New York: Topside Press, 2014.

Awards

Lambda Literary Award for Best Transgender Fiction (2019 for Little Fish, 2015 for A Safe Girl to Love)

Firecracker Award for Fiction (2019 for Little Fish)

Amazon First Novel Award  (2019 for Little Fish)

ALA Stonewall Book Award (2018 for Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers)

Courses Taught

  • Undergraduate Fiction Workshop
  • Graduate Fiction Workshop
  • Advanced Screenwriting