Josie Kochendorfer (she/her) is a writer and educator based in Portland, Oregon. She holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the Ohio State University and is a Ph.D. candidate in Literature and Criticism at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Josie is a Best of the Net nominee. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Hippocampus, The Account, Atticus Review, Barrelhouse, New Flash Fiction Review, and elsewhere.

She is currently working on a memoir about the body, eating disorders and mental illness, family, and grief.

She also offers writing and editorial services. For more information, please reach out via the Contact page.

Her academic research interests include feminism, trauma, forms, and contemporary literature.