About Me

Icess Fernandez is an educator, writer, podcaster, and a former journalist. She is a
graduate of Goddard College’s MFA program and the University of Houston.

Her work has been internationally published in Queen Mobs Lit Journal, Poetry 24,
Rabble Lit, Minerva Rising Literary Journal, and the Feminine Collective’s
anthology Notes from Humanity. Her Houston-based story, “Happy Hunting”, was
recently published in the Houston Noir anthology.

Her podcast, Dear Reader, is based on the popular blog of the same name.
Her nonfiction/memoir work has appeared in Dear Hope, NBCNews.com,
HuffPost and the Guardian. She is a recipient of the Owl of Minerva Award, a
VONA/Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation alum, a Dos Brujas Workshop alum,
and a Kimbilio Fellow. She’s currently working on her first novel and finishing her
memoir, Problematic.