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My name is Annelise, but you can call me Annie.

I’m an essayist and journalist who is incurably curious about the world. My reporting focuses on food and agriculture, the environment, and religion. My personal writing explores themes of place, motherhood, and Christian spirituality.

I’ve written widely for magazines and literary journals including National Geographic, The Rumpus, The Atavist, Bon Appetit, Atmos, The Millions, Bellingham Review, The Christian Century, Civil Eats, Sojourners, EcoTheo Review, The Sunday Long Read, Hidden Compass, Brevity, Plough, and Life & Thyme.

My collaborative story “A Feast for Lost Souls” won a James Beard Journalism Award, a Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma, and the OPC’s Madeline Dane Ross Award for best international reporting showing a concern for the human condition. Other work as been noted in The Best American Travel Writing. I was a 2022-2023 Religion and Environment Story Project fellow, and I hold an MFA in creative nonfiction through Seattle Pacific University.

Along with writing literary essays and magazine journalism, I work with clients to create content that sings. I’m also a runner, reader, rusty Spanish speaker, and general enthusiast.

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P.S. Could you use a poem? Here’s a handful that I love: