Writer, editor, educator
Kristi D. Osorio holds an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from Columbia University and a BA in English - Creative Writing from the University of Central Florida. In 2023, she won the Indiana Review Creative Nonfiction Prize selected by Camonghne Felix and the Sonora Review "Mercy" Contest in Nonfiction selected by Maggie Nelson. Her writing and teaching have been supported by fellowships from Columbia University, Wesleyan University, and the Kenyon Review. She is an Assistant Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University.
Kristi writes about the violent crime she witnessed as a teen that continues to shape her life, blending her personal story with a cultural critique of true crime as entertainment. Her first book is forthcoming from the University of Georgia Press.
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“Shape Shifting: Nicole Graev Lipson’s Mothers and Other Fictional Characters,” The Rumpus, 2025
“Matricide Makes People Say,” The Palisades Review, 2025
“Split Ends,” Sonora Review, 2024
“Done to Death,” New Delta Review Issue 14.1, 2024
“The Sound of Burning,” Indiana Review Issue 45.2, Nonfiction Prize Winner, 2024
“Doom,” Blue Mesa Review Issue 48, 2023
“A Review of Davon Loeb’s The In-Betweens,” The Adroit Journal, 2023
“Trevor Bauer’s Major League Misogyny Harms Survivors,” Ms. Magazine, 2021
“Grief Police: The Men Who Want Ariana Grande to Break Down,” BitchMedia, 2018
“The Truth Will Not Be Circulated: Fake News and Incarcerated Parents,” BitchMedia, 2017
“The Body Always Remembers,” Public Books, 2015
“Workshopping My Grief,” Modern Loss, 2015
“The author crafts a sustained trail of suspense, leaving the reader in wait for an unresolved outcome. Dotted with generous detail, clarity shows up bit by bit as the reader is slowly walked into the world of a crime that is never fully explored, leaving room for the reader to feel the impact of the crime while saving this story from becoming a whodunit. Smart and well paced, I would be excited to read more and witness this plot unfold.”
Camonghne Felix on Kristi’s award-winning essay, “The Sound of Burning”
“From its fraught lede on, ‘Split Ends’ kept me riveted. I admire its dark and wry tone, its attention to detail, its nimble leaps in time, its sure-footed narrative voice, and its potent portrait of a relation impossible to live with or leave behind.”
Maggie Nelson on Kristi’s award-winning essay, “Split Ends”