Background
Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother.
Gloss grew up in rural Oregon and began writing seriously when she became a mother.
She has taught writing and literature of the American West at Portland State University, and served as visiting professor at Pacific University"s low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Writing program
1996 Whiting Award.
1996 Whiting Award The Jump-Office Creek was a finalist for the Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association/Faulkner Award for Fiction and won both the 1990 Ken Kesey Award for the Novel and 1990 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award Wild was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award and won the 2000 James Tiptree, Junior. Award for work that explores or expands notions of gender The Hearts of Horses was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award.