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Biography - Fatima Lim-Wilson

Dr. Lim-Wilson received her BA in English degree (cum laude) from the Jesuit-run institution, Ateneo de Manila University, her MA in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo, and her PhD in English from the University of Denver.

She is the author of two award-winning collections of poetry, Wandering Roots/From the Hothouse and Crossing the Snow Bridge. Her short stories, plays, and book reviews have been published in scholarly and literary journals. She has studied in several countries as the recipient of scholarships from Oxford University, University of Vienna, University of Oslo, University College-Dublin, International Christian University (Japan), Yeats International Summer School (Ireland, Uppsala University (Sweden), Breadloaf Writers Conference (Middlebury College, Vermont), and Duke University's Writers Workshop (North Carolina).

Her poetry has won several awards such as the Pushcart Prize, the Philippine National Book Award, the Colorado Book Authors Prize, the Ohio State University Press Award, the Montalvo Poetry Prize, and the Seattle Arts Commission Grant for Resident Artists. She recently received a grant from APUS for research work in the Philippines.

She served as a Confidential Assistant in the Office of the President of the Philippines in the administration of Corazon Aquino. Professor Lim-Wilson has taught a variety of courses specializing in English Literature and Composition, Creative Writing, World Literature, Professional Writing, and Business Communication in several universities and colleges, both on campus and online, for over a decade.