Camille Goodison’s debut short story collection, Chance Wanderer & Other Tales of Hunger has won acclaim for its “magical”, “well-crafted”, “very enjoyable” stories where each story “feels like a gift”. Camille’s work has been accepted for publication by Saint Ann’s Review, Guernica, Calyx, Callaloo, Relief Journal, Steam Ticket, The Round, Teachers and Writers Magazine, and the New York Daily News, among many publications.
She has been listed as a notable essayist by The Best American Essays series and was selected for a Callaloo Journal creative writing residency.
Camille has won several notable U.S. awards and fellowships for her writing. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York where she teaches at the City University of New York. She earned her MFA in Fiction from Syracuse University and a PhD. in English from Bingamton University.
She was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica where her curiosity for all good things was first nourished.
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