Ree Davis

writer

Ree Davis worked as a cook, dishwasher, seamstress, farmworker, typist, baker, and clerk. She’s traveled extensively in the US, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Graduating from Cornell, she headed R&D for a Fortune 500 Company and gained masters degrees in architecture and creative writing. Ree lived on both US coasts, in Japan and China. Her work has won two Pushcart nominations. She has been a resident at the Leighton Artists Colony in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and studied with Russell Banks, George Saunders, Jenny Offill, Lauren Groff and others, and attended Zoetrope, Under the Volcano, and other workshops. Publications include Fogged Clarity, Menacing Hedge, Narrative Magazine, and Daedalus. Ree’s other awards include New Millennium Writings 34th & 37th Consecutive Awards (Honorable Mention) and Narrative Magazine Short Fiction Competition (First Place). Her story, "A Terrible Energy," ranked Top 25 in Glimmer Train's June 2012 Fiction Open and in 2014 was nominated for “Best of the Web.” Her fiction echoes the people and places she encountered during her years on the road and overseas.