Rebecca Renner

Rebecca Renner is an author, journalist, book critic and social media influencer. She was born on April 18, 1990 in Gainesville, Florida to Renee Roberts Renner and Kenneth Albert Renner, who were running the race horse farm Arabian Nights Farm in Ocala, Florida at the time. Renner is a seventh-generation Floridian and a devoted conservationist whose work centers around Florida, its natural habitats and culture.

Renner quit her high school teaching job to pursue a writing career in 2017. Since then, she has been vocal about education reform.

She is a literature expert, an invisible illness advocate, a lover of science and a proponent of kindness.[1]

Education

Renner went to Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, Florida, where she received an International Baccalaureate diploma. She later went on to attend Stetson University and graduated with the class of 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In that time, Renner was mentored by Mark Powell, Terri Witek, and Andy Dehnart. In 2018, she also received an MFA from Stetson University's MFA of the Americas. There, she created the MFA's literary journal, Obra/Artifact,[2] and she studied with various fiction writers including Laurie Foos and Chantel Acevedo.

She has attended several literary conferences, including the Prague Summer Program, where she studied with Richard Katrovas; Sewanee Writers Conference, where she studied with John Casey; and Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, where she studied with Louise Gluck.

Notable works[3]

Though Renner has been open about working on longer works,[4] most of her published works are essays.[5]

Essays[3]


  • Pacific Standard, “Trash Islands Are Still Taking Over the Ocean at an Alarming Rate,” 2018[6]
  • GOOD, “This Woman-led Conservation Team Is Protecting Giant Gentle Manta Rays,” 2018[7]
  • Glamour, “I’m 27 and Living With Narcolepsy—and It’s Not a Joke,” 2018[8]
  • Washington Post – “The deadliest period of a hurricane? After it’s over,” 2017[9]
  • Literary Hub, “Silent Spring Is More than a Scientific Landmark: It’s Literature,” 2018[11]
  • Catapult Story – “Teaching in Trumpland,” 2017[12]

Renner is also news-writer and Book Riot contributor.[13] Her novel, The Miscreant, "delves into social issues in connection with horse racing and toxic masculinity," according to her website.[14] She is also working on a book about the tragic life of her grandfather, Dr. Lamar Roberts. A protégé of Dr. Wilder Penfield[15], Renner's grandfather took his own life before she was born. She says on her website: "I’m trying to find the stories of his life that history has forgotten."[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Rebecca Renner (@RebeccaRennerFL) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ↑ "Masthead". Obra/Artifact. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. 1 2 "Rebecca Renner - Journalist | Essayist | Fiction Writer". Rebecca Renner. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  4. ↑ "Rebecca Renner on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  5. ↑ "Essays - Rebecca Renner". Rebecca Renner. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  6. ↑ "Trash Islands Are Still Taking Over the Oceans at an Alarming Rate". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  7. ↑ "This Woman-Led Conservation Team Is Protecting Giant Gentle Manta Rays". GOOD. 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  8. ↑ Renner, Rebecca. "I'm 27 and Living With Narcolepsy—and It's Not a Joke". Glamour. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  9. ↑ Renner, Rebecca (2017-09-12). "Perspective | The deadliest period of a hurricane? After it's over". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  10. ↑ Renner, Rebecca. "Dating Long-Distance Means Learning a New Way to Fight". The Cut. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  11. ↑ "Silent Spring is More than a Scientific Landmark: It's Literature | Literary Hub". lithub.com. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  12. ↑ "Catapult | Teaching in Trumpland | Rebecca Renner". Catapult. 2017-08-21. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  13. ↑ "Rebecca Renner, Author at BOOK RIOT". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  14. 1 2 "About Me - Rebecca Renner". Rebecca Renner. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  15. ↑ "Speech and Brain Mechanisms". Princeton University Press. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
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