About

Holly Thorpe is a writer, educator, and community organizer in North Central Washington. She teaches English at Wenatchee Valley College.

Holly is also a freelance journalist and has written for newspapers and magazines throughout the state, including the Wenatchee World, Foothills Magazine, the Wenatchee Valley Business World and The Comet Magazine.

She is the founder and host of Lit Mic, an open mic for writers hosted monthly in Leavenworth, Wash.

An avid supporter of the arts, she is a member of NCW Arts Alliance and previously served on their board. She is a member (and past board member) of Write on the River, a non-profit dedicated to nurturing and inspiring local writers in all genres.

Holly holds an MFA in creative writing from Eastern Washington University and a bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism from the University of Washington.

She shares her home in Wenatchee, Wash. with her partner, two dogs, two cats, a handful of chickens and reptiles, and too many houseplants.