Audrey Shipp is an AWP Writer to Writer mentee and a PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop LA honoree whose hybrid memoir WHEN I WAS A BILINGUAL WRITER BIRTHED BY BLACK L.A. will be published by Unsolicited Press in 2027.

Born in Los Angeles, she has studied Spanish in Mexico and French in Paris. Having progenitors from Chicago, Tennessee, and Mississippi, she aspires to bring to light the nuances of African American culture while connecting her writing to the international African/Black Diaspora.

Her essays, criticism, and poetry have been published in various literary journals including Panorama Magazine, Crayon Magazine, Brittle Paper, Isele Magazine, A Long House, Sapphire Hues, Pure Slush, Another Chicago Magazine, LitroNY, A Gathering Together, and Linden Avenue Literary Journal. 

Her bilingual and trilingual poetry appeared in Americas Review (Arte-Publico Press) which was formerly published by the University of Houston. One goal of hers is to publish a book containing her many unpublished poems. 

She is founding and managing editor of the literary journal Decolonial Passage and holds both a B.A. in English and Masters in Education from UCLA, an M.A. in English from Cal State L.A., and a Certificate in Creative Writing from UCLA Extension. 

Her professional passion has been teaching English and ESL in public high schools in Los Angeles.