Leila C. Nadir

Writer. Editor. Educator.

Leila C. Nadir is an award-winning writer, community-engaged artist, creative-critical educator, and an academic and creative writing editor. She is a 2023 MacDowell Fellow in Literature, 2023 Hedgebrook Fellow, 2023 de Groot Foundation Courage-to-Write grantee, 2023 Tin House Scholar, and 2024 VCCA 50th Anniversary Fellow. Her work appears in literary and scholarly journals, in museums and galleries, and in forests, classrooms, and kitchens, and she is the founder of one of the first Environmental Humanities academic programs in the nation. She holds a PhD in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, and regularly works with writers and academics around the world on developing their research and literary projects. She is represented by Ayesha Pande of Ayesha Pande Literary in NYC.