Kicherer

means “giggler” in German.

Writer | Instructor | Journalist

Michelle Kicherer writes fiction and covers books and music for the San Francisco Chronicle and Willamette Week.

Her writing has been published in Forbes, Portland Monthly, The Berkeley Fiction Review, 580 Split, The Deli, The Bay Bridged, SF Station, The Cutaway, Into The Void, Rose City Review and many others.

Michelle is a writing instructor for Literary Arts, Litquake, Portland Community College and Writing Workshops. She loves to teach and is always encouraging her students to get a little weirder.

Read her unofficial bio here.

Other projects:

The Banana Pitch Variety Show

Producer, Host

Michelle’s Substack

Writing prompts, craft essays, book reviews