America Hart is the author of the novel into the silence: the fishing story.

Born and raised in Colorado, America lived in Boston and New York City before moving to London. She completed her PhD in African and Transatlantic literatures at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

America has taught creative writing and literature at U.S. universities in Boulder, Denver, Milwaukee, and Boston. At London Metropolitan University, she designed and directed the MA Creative Writing Program. She holds an MA in Africana Studies from New York University, as well as an MA in Creative Writing and B.Mus. in Piano Performance, both from the University of Colorado, Boulder. As a pianist, she performed in chamber and solo concerts, and accompanied singers, dancers and instrumentalists.

America has received grants and awards for her academic and creative work. These include grants for fieldwork in Ghana, Jamaica and Zimbabwe. She also has been a recipient of a Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute fellowship. A researcher in African and Trans-Atlantic studies, she has published articles (as ‘Carolyn Hart, PhD’) in edited collections and peer-reviewed journals, including The Journal of African Cultural Studies; Moving Spirit: The Legacy of Dambudzo Marechera in the 21st Century, and Diasporic Women’s Writing of the Black Atlantic: (En)gendering Literature and Performance.

America is an author of innovative novels and short stories. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in literary journals including Blackbox Manifold, Black Ice, Shearsman Magazine, and others. She has been a finalist in the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize, a Notable Contender in the Bristol Prize, and a long-listee in the Fish Publishing Prize. She lives with her husband and spends her time in London and Kent, England.