Claire Fuqua Anderson (she/her) is an award-winning writer, teacher, and editor based in Houston, Texas. She received her MFA in Creative Writing at the University of Houston and her BA in English and Linguistics at Rice University. Her novel manuscript Dust Country was a 2022 finalist in both the Landmark Prize by Homebound Publications and The Big Moose Prize by Black Lawrence Press. She taught writing in the English Department at the University of Houston for thirteen years, where she supervised Graduate Teaching Fellows. She has led numerous community writing workshops for nonprofits around Houston, including Inprint, Grackle & Grackle, Wonderworks, and Bright Writing Houston. She currently works at TNTP.