T Kira MaddenT Kira Madden is an APIA writer, photographer, and amateur magician living in Charleston, South Carolina. A NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in nonfiction, she has received fellowships from MacDowell, Hedgebrook, Tin House, DISQUIET, Summer Literary Sminars, and Yaddo, where she was selected for the Linda Collins Endowed Residency Award. Her debut memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, was a New York Times Editors' Choice selection, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard Prize, and a finalist for the LAMBDA Literary Award for lesbian memoir. She is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal No Tokens, and facilitates writing workshops for homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals. In 2021 she was awarded LAMBDA Literary's Judith A. Markowitz Award for Emerging LGBTQ Writers. She teaches at the College of Charleston. Read More Read Less