Skye Blaine

Skye Blaine writes fiction, memoir, short essays, and poetry, developing themes of aging, coming of age, disability, and most of all, the process of unlearning–the heart of the matter. In 2003, she received an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University with a dual concentration in both memoir and fiction. Her memoir, Bound to Love, won first prize in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2005 literary contest. It also won first prize in the BAIPA (Bay Area Independent Publishers Association) contest and an IndieBRAG medallion, both in 2016.

Her novel, Unleashed, came out in September, 2017. It won an IndieBRAG medallion as well. Must Like Dogs, came out in 2020, and Passing the Torch is due out in 2023. These three novels make up The Pensing Connection trilogy.

She has had novel and memoir excerpts, personal essays, and poetry published in twelve anthologies and in national magazines: “In Context” (now known as “Yes!” magazine) and “Catalyst.” Other personal essays have been published in the “Register-Guard” newspaper, and the “Eugene Weekly.” Skye also presented radio essays on KRML 1410 AM in Carmel, CA.

***There is another Skye Blaine, Allegra Skye Blaine, who writes about dragons and vampires. Goodreads seems to confuse the two authors. You can find her work here.