Itto Outini is an author, book coach, Fulbright Scholar, Steinbeck Fellow, and Edward F. Albee fellow. Her fiction and nonfiction can be read in The North American Review, Modern Literature, The Good River Review, Southland Alibi, The Stonecoast Review, The Lowestoft Chronicle, Hidden Peak, Jewish Life, Lotus-Eater, DarkWinter, Gargoyle, Sortes, and elsewhere, and she’s spoken for organizations including Cal Tech University, Verizon Wireless, The International Trade Centre, and The United Nations. She’s a co-founder of The DateKeepers, an author support platform, and a co-host of Let’s Have a Renaissance: The DateKeepers Podcast. She holds an M.A. in journalism and strategic media from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
At MacDowell, Outini finalized her memoir, which recounts her harrowing journey from rural Morocco, where she was blinded by a family member at the age of 17, to the U.S., where she earned her M.A. as a Fulbright scholar, founded a business, and fell in love. In addition to revising the manuscript, she developed a book proposal, conducted market research, and began developing a marketing plan.
