Bio

Stuff to Know about Me
(click here to jump to my publishing credits and samples of my earlier work)

I’m tall.

I have a cat.

I got a new hair style and new glasses so I look nothing like this picture.

(Honestly, I can’t believe the photo even happened. Typically my recreational activities involve the couch, TV, and chocolate.)

I’m married to the Canadian MacGuyver. (Yes, I know Richard Dean Anderson lives in Canada. I am not married to Richard Dean Anderson.)

My favorite number is 8,000. I don’t know why. It just seems like a good number.

I love monsters, space aliens, kung fu, and glorious feats of badassery.

Someday I’d like to own this car:

That’s about it.

What’s that? You want to know writerly stuff about me? Okay, here goes:

I’m a professional developer of industrial content. (Translation: I write about sterilizers for a living. Shut up. It’s cooler than it sounds.)

I have a B.A. and M.A. in Creative Writing.

I completed a 100,000 word memoir, Survival of the Fittest, for my Master’s Thesis. Everyone loved it and thought it was publishable… except New York literary agents. Jerks.

Distinctions

Honored Writer, The Poets and Writers League of Greater Cleveland “Writers and their Friends” literary showcase, 2002.

Publications

• Cartier, Theresa. “A Victim of Crime”. Confrontation. No. 78/79. New York: Long Island University, 2002.
• Cartier, Theresa. “The Disappearing Woman”. Confrontation. No. 78/79. New York: Long Island University, 2002.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Train Hard, Finish First, Go Home Early”. Nostalgia, 2001.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Crossing Over”. Panic Attack. January 2000.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Something’s wrong”. Maelstrom, Summer 2000.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Summer Help”. Offerings, April 2000.
• Cartier, Theresa. “The Time of Ruth”. Hot Read, December 2000.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Exhibit”. Echoes, 1995.

Writing Contests and Awards

• Cartier, Theresa. “The Pride of St. Peter Chanel”. 3rd place CSU writing contest, Spring, 2004. $80.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Reject”. 3rd place CSU writing contest, Spring, 2004. $80.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Extermination Day”. 2nd place CSU writing contest, Fall, 2003. $100.
• Cartier, Theresa. “The Bus Stop Rules”. 2nd place CSU writing contest, Fall, 2003. $100.
• Cartier, Theresa. “The Truth about Fathers”. 2nd place CSU writing contest, Fall, 2002. $100.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Where Are You Going?” 2nd place CSU writing contest, Fall, 2002. $100.
• Cartier, Theresa. “Long Distance”. Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers, 2001.
• Cartier, Theresa. “My Good Worker”. Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers, 2001.
• Cartier, Theresa. “That summer”. Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers, 2001.
• Cartier, Theresa. “What’s sacred”. Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers, 2001.
• Cartier, Theresa. “The Disappearing Woman”. Honorable Mention, Best of Ohio Writers, 1999.

Teaching 

• Adjunct English Faculty – Cleveland State University, 2004-2006.
• ESL Instructor – Global LT and IOR Global, 2005-2006.
• English Instructional Assistant – Cuyahoga Community College, 2001-2005.

Also, when I was fourteen years old I won First Place Poem and Second Place Fiction in the Ohio Student Media Festival. It was a big deal. My picture was in the school literary magazine. One of my teachers hugged me. I got to meet the crazy drunk poet who judged my work. He gave me two huge  belt buckles that said “Ohio Student Media Festival.” I can’t imagine why I never wore them. They went with everything.