Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Carrie Chappell is the author of two chapbooks: Loving Tallulah Bankhead (Paris Heretics 2022) and Quarantine Daybook (Bottlecap Press 2021). With Amanda Murphy, she co-translated Cassandra at point-blank range by Sandra Moussempès (Diálogos 2025). She holds an MFA from the University of New Orleans’ Creative Writing Workshop and, presently, teaches English as a Foreign Language at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers. As a current doctoral student in French Literature at CY Cergy Paris University, Carrie is completing a joint research-creation dissertation entitled respectively La Poétique de la Femme Bessettienne and Bessettienne.