Addie received her MFA in Poetry from the University of Montana, where she was the Richard Hugo Scholar. She returned to Montana after a fifteen-year stint working in advertising in Chicago, and currently works for a Milwaukee-based marketing firm out of her home in Moiese, MT.
In addition to writing poetry, Addie loves to cook and spend time canoeing, hiking and camping in Montana's great outdoors. Her passion for the arts encompasses many mediums and she's a fervent believer in Open AIR's mission to connect people with creativity and place.