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J.E. Sills is a writer, editor and former journalist. Her fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in StoryQuarterly, Joyland, McSweeney’s, Auburn Avenue and Upstreet Magazine. Her debut fiction, THEM MOON GODS, is a literary novel with elements of Afro-surrealism and is part road trip, part hoodoo detective story and a little playful. As well, Joanne is developing a memoir-driven CNF about the search for her maternal grandfather's bones. THE FINAL GRAVE OF JOSEPH CAIN places her personal journey in the context of the national bone repatriation movement of Black and indigenous peoples. She is a daughter of the Great Black Migration, born and raised in New York City with ancestral roots in East Texas and Georgia.
Joanne's work has received support from Hedgebrook, Yaddo, Kimbilio Fiction, Diverse Voices Scholarship (Author Accelerator), Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities.