Danielle Bainbridge
Fiction
Chicago, IL
Danielle Bainbridge is Assistant Professor of Theatre, Black Studies, and Performance Studies at Northwestern University. Her first academic book, Currencies of Cruelty: Slavery, Freak Shows, and the Performance Archive, was published by NYU Press in January 2026. Her first memoir, Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays, was published by Jaded Ibis Press in November 2025, where it was the winner of the inaugural Uplift Voices Nonfiction Prize. Danielle has received scholarships and residencies from Tin House, the Adirondack Center for Writing, and the Banff Centre in Canada. Her web series and media work have been nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards and one NAACP Image Award. She is currently working on her first novel, The Mondegreens. She lives and loves in Chicago with her partner and two naughty cats.