Writer. Editor. Traveler.
Hello. Glad you’re here.
I'm an award-winning writer and journalist with experience at daily newspapers and magazines in Wisconsin, Maine and California. I've held various roles that have built my skills: a reporter, an opinion writer, a copy editor and news editor. I’m good at writing and editing digital content for businesses and organizations including social media, industry articles, blogs, case studies, white papers, website content and staff bios.
In 2010, I earned my MFA in creative writing from Goddard College. My short stories have been recognized by the Wisconsin People & Ideas Fiction contest & published in Midwestern Gothic, Minerva Rising and other places. My collection of short stories and a novella, Finding the Bones, was published in 2023 by Cornerstone Press.
My essay “Cold Front” appeared in the anthology Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the Coronavirus Pandemic, released March 2021 by Pact Press.
Follow me on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok @NikkiKallioAuthor. I have a blog focused on creativity on Substack.
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Here’s a very brief sampling of some of my work.
Interview with sci-fi author Rebecca Zornow on Substack
40-Under-40 profiles for Insight magazine (yes, I wrote all forty of them)
A recent article for Insight magazine on the proliferation of AI in business