Vickie Oddino

debut novel. She has been writing nonfiction narratives and essays since the early 2000s and in 2021, published her first full-length nonfiction book, Clara’s Journal: And the Story of Two Pandemics. 

Although she has now turned her attention to writing full time, she was an English professor for twenty-five years in Los Angeles, teaching courses in composition, literature, journalism, and business writing. She earned her Bachelor of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and her Master of Art in English Literature at California State University-Northridge. 

She now lives in Chicago, in the heart of the city—a far cry from the San Fernando Valley where she raised her two children. Her daughter also lives in Chicago and her son in Los Angeles. Her current roommate is the family dog, Captain, who the kids talked her into adopting ten years ago. When she isn’t writing, she is exploring the city with her camera, traveling in search of adventure, or enjoying time with friends and family.