Barbara Ellen Sorensen

Barbara Ellen Sorensen writes poetry, memoir, and creative non-fiction. Sorensen has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and was a finalist in the 2011 Colorado Book Awards in the poetry category. Her poetry has been featured on Poetry Foundation website, VerseDaily.org and on former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry website. Sorensen lives in the foothills outside of Boulder with her husband of 35 years, a dog and two cats. She loves anything and everything outdoors: hiking, snowshoe, back-country skiing, and camping in the desert. Her undergraduate degree in English is from University of Iowa. She has a master's in creative writing from Regis University in Denver. She is a contributing writer to the Tribal College Journal and Mom Egg Review.