Rivers Solomon is a writer and lecturer. Their home is in the realm of the imaginary, where Blackness, queerness, and disability become sites of insurgency. In addition to appearing on the Stonewall Honor List and winning a Firecracker Award, Solomon’s debut novel, An Unkindness of Ghosts, was a finalist for a Lambda, a Hurston/Wright, and a Locus Award, among others. Solomon’s second book, a novella, The Deep, was the winner of the 2020 Lambda Award and was on the shortlist for a Nebula, Locus, World Fantasy, and Hugo Award. Solomon's third novel, Sorrowland, the story of a young woman's godlike metamorphosis, won the Stonewall an Otherwise Award and was shortlisted for an Ignyte Award, and Model Home, Solomon's latest novel, has recently released to critical acclaim. Solomon also writes essays, poems, and short stories, which can be found in such places as the New York Times, Guernica, Black Warrior Review, and elsewhere. Born on Turtle Island, they currently live in London.

Support for this event is provided by the Parshley Christ Endowment for Living Writers.  The course and program are led by faculty in the Department of English and Creative Writing with generous support from the Olive B. O'Connor Fund as well as the President and the Provost/Dean of the Faculty. A signature program of Colgate University since 1980, Living Writers is a master class in how works of literature come to be.