Jacqueline Allen Trimble

Jacqueline Allen Trimble lives and writes in Montgomery, Alabama, where she is an associate professor of English and chairs the Department of Languages and Literatures at Alabama State University. Her work has appeared in various online and print publications including The Griot, The Offing, and Blue Lake Review. American Happiness, her first collection, is published by NewSouth Books and was named the best book of 2016 by Seven Sisters Book Awards. Recently awarded a Key West Literary Seminar scholarship, she is currently a Cave Canem fellow and the recipient of a 2017 literary arts fellowship from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.