Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman

Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman (born 1981) is an American author. Her novel ''Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir'' was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography in 2019. She is also an Associate professor of English at Northern Kentucky University.

Growing up in West Virginia, Hindman played the violin throughout elementary, middle, and high school. She was encouraged to apply to Columbia University for Middle Eastern studies although her parents were unable to afford full tuition. By her senior year, she was in desperate need of money to pay her tuition and applied as a professional violinist in The Composer’s Ensemble. She spent four years pretending to play the violin while a soundtrack drowned out her music until she became addicted to cocaine and was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. After getting psychological help, she was hired as an admissions secretary at Columbia and earned her MFA in creative nonfiction writing.

Hindman accepted a position as an Associate professor of English at Northern Kentucky University where she then published her novel ''Sounds Like Titanic: A Memoir.'' Her memoir was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography in 2019. Provided by Wikipedia