Skye Oliver was raised in a close-knit community nestled in the forested foothills of the Appalachians, where she grew up experiencing the closeness of the natural world and its entanglement with human notions of love, desire, and identity. She discovered medieval literature as a field of study as an undergraduate and followed her feminist ideas about Chaucer and his ilk to public librarianship, where she became a children’s librarian known for her special knowledge of the medieval period in England. Translating medieval verse romance during her lunch breaks led her back to academia, where she uncovered a thriving and supportive community of medievalists at the University of Arkansas. Now she teaches and provides research support at an independent school while working on a book of poetry and a play.
B. Skye Oliver 