Gina Troisi is an accomplished writer whose work spans memoir, fiction, and creative nonfiction. She is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir "The Angle of Flickering Light," which was a finalist for the 2022 Maine Literary Awards and won multiple honors, including the 2021 Royal Dragonfly Book Award for Memoir and Silver Medals in the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards and the 2021 Reader’s Favorite Book Awards. Her writing has appeared in prominent literary journals such as Fourth Genre, The Gettysburg Review, Fugue, Under the Sun, and Flyway: Journal of Writing and Environment.
Troisi holds an MFA in creative nonfiction from The University of Maine’s Stonecoast MFA Program and has been recognized with numerous accolades, including a Pushcart Prize nomination in 2020. Her works have been finalists or semi-finalists in prestigious contests such as the Iron Horse Literary Review Trifecta Award in Fiction, the Robert C. Jones Prize for Short Prose, and the Iowa Review Award in Creative Nonfiction. Known for her evocative prose and exploration of personal and universal themes, she has also taught writing at Southern New Hampshire University and mentors students in Western Connecticut State University’s MFA program.
Beyond her literary career, Troisi has facilitated writing workshops for female survivors of sexual assault, demonstrating her commitment to empowering others through storytelling. She resides in coastal Maine, where she continues to write and engage with the literary community.