     |
 Rachel
Toor's ambition, on graduating from Yale University, was to work on a dude
ranch in Wyoming (never having been to a dude ranch — or to Wyoming).
Moving to Missoula, Montana, for an MFA in creative writing is the closest
she's come. After a dozen years as an editor of scholarly books, at Oxford
and Duke University Presses, she slid down the ladder of social mobility
and did a stint in college admissions, quitting to write Admissions Confidential:
An Insider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process (St. Martin's,
2001) in an attempt to demystify an arcane and brutalizing rite of passage.
Her most recent book is The Pig and I: How I Learned to Love Men (Almost)
As Much as I Love My Pets (Penguin, 2005) and the University of Nebraska
Press will publish her next book, Personal Record: A Love Affair with
Running. Rachel has a monthly column in The Chronicle of Higher Education
and writes the "Finishing Kick" essay every other month in Running Times
magazine, where she is a Senior Writer. Her work has appeared in The
LA Times, Glamour, Reader's Digest, Marathon&Beyond and
a variety of other more academically-oriented publications.She is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the Inland Northwest Center for Writers in Spokane, the graduate writing program of Eastern Washington University. |
