GHEA21 Faculty

Rebecca Chase

Rebecca Chace is the author of Leaving Rock Harbor (novel); Capture the Flag (novel), Chautauqua Summer (memoir); June Sparrow and The Million Dollar Penny (middle-grade). Her fifth book, Talking to the Wolf (novel), is forthcoming in 2026. She is the author of two plays: Colette (Freehold Theater Lab, Seattle; Theatre for the New City, NYC) and The Awakening (adaptation of the novel by Kate Chopin, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Seattle). She adapted her novel, Capture the Flag, for the screen and television with director Lisanne Skyler (Best Screenplay Short Film, 2010 Nantucket Film Festival). She has written for The New York Times, The Yale Review, LA Review of Books, Guernica, Lit Hub, The Brooklyn Rail, Bookpost, and many other publications. Fellowships include Civitella Ranieri, MacDowell, Yaddo, Dora Maar House, American Academy in Rome (visiting artist), Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and others. She is Faculty Associate and Program Manager at the Institute for Writing.