Christy Alexander Hallberg

Fiction Writer

Author's Bio

Christy Alexander Hallberg is the author of the award-winning novel Searching for Jimmy Page, published by Livingston Press in 2021. She is the host of Rock is Lit: A Podcast About Rock Novels, from Pantheon Podcast Network. 

Christy is a Teaching Professor of English at East Carolina University, where she earned her BS and MA in English. She received her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) from Goddard College. She is Senior Associate Editor of North Carolina Literary Review and a former editor of #FridayFlash at Litro USA. Her short fiction, creative nonfiction, book reviews, and interviews have appeared in such journals as North Carolina Literary Review, The Main Street Rag, Fiction Southeast, Riggwelter, Deep South Magazine, Eclectica, Litro, STORGY Magazine, Entropy, storySouth, Still: The Journal, and Concho River Review. Her flash story “Aperture” was chosen Story of the Month by Fiction Southeast for October 2020 and included in Best Small Fictions 2021.

Publications & Prizes

Book:
Searching for Jimmy Page (Livingston Press, 2021)
Prizes won: 

For Searching for Jimmy Page:

2021 American Writing Awards Winner in Best New Fiction and Fiction General

2022 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite in General Fiction

2022 BookFest Honorable Mention in Fiction

2022 Firebird Book Awards Winner: 3rd place Literary Fiction, 2nd place Southern Fiction, 1st place Pop Culture Fiction

2022 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Music

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Liza Wieland, Jeff Jackson, Bernardine Evaristo, Zadie Smith, Joan Didion, James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Jennifer Egan, Leah Hampton

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Greenville, NC
North Carolina
Raised in: 
Greenville, NC
North Carolina
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Last update: Nov 06, 2022