Roccie Hill

Roccie Hill is an American writer and a Californian by birth. She received her BA in Philosophy and History at UCLA, and her MA in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, where her short stories appeared regularly in the literary quarterly. After graduate school, she moved to Salinas, where she worked in the legal department of the United Farm Workers union during a labor strike.

She lived and worked in Paris for 8 years as a journalist, a teacher of Creative Writing, a Marketing Officer for the Statue of Liberty Centennial, and as a mother (her most important job ever).

She also lived in England for 8 years, mostly in Gloucestershire, where she worked for nonprofits and produced a variety of short films and celebrity/royal events.

Upon her return to California, she published two novels, several short stories, a play, exhibited her photography, and studied the history and genealogy of US borderlands culture in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas. She is a professional genealogist, with a focus on Native American ancestry. She is currently the Executive Director of Old Town Artisan Studios in La Quinta, California, a nonprofit dedicated to bringing art to people of all abilities, financial situations, and ages.

Roccie won first place in the WILLA Awards for The Blood of My Mother, and is at work on her fifth novel.