Chelsea Hodson has always been a writer’s writer. Whether it’s through her own exacting essays or through working with emerging writers, Hodson has always been in the business of making sure soul-cutting, gutsy art exists.
Her debut essay collection Tonight I’m Someone Else was published in 2018 and garnered a sizeable cult following, with tattered copies of its signature violet paperback cover being passed around by writers, readers, and even Kendall Jenner, who was photographed reading a copy dog-eared with lime green Post-it notes while tanning on a yacht (thanks in large part to Jenners’ modeling agent Ashleigh Gonzalez, whose first book Hodson is publishing next year). Hodson is the rare kind of writer who is as approachable as they are talented. For the last better part of a decade, she has taught classes and offered mentoring and coaching services, including the popular daily Morning Writing Club, for writers, helping them to whittle their words like sharp knives to sculpt marble.
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