Rebecca Peacock Dragon (sometimes Junia or Becca Depending on mood, context, and level of existential angst) was born, adopted and raised in inner-city Washington DC. She is currently an unemployed cult leader living in Western MA with her husband and three teenagers. She is a prolific writer of persuasive and personal essay, where she explores the lived experience of being adopted and raised in genetic isolation. Her work is featured on her platform Adoption: Myths, Misgivings, and Madness, where she also hosts the work of other adopted people. Her essays and op-eds have been published in Selkie Zine, Bennington Banner, and VT Digger. She has published creative works (short stories, poetry, and author interview) in Assignment Magazine and Hey Judy’s monthly zine Smoking Bird. She also creates short satirical and informational videos about the adoption industrial complex on her platform Guaranteed Happy Adoptee TM.

She earned her MFA in Creative Writing Fiction from the Mountainview MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University. She also holds a BA in Theater (Performance) and French, which she prefers to call “a degree in Charm School.” She currently works as an adjunct professor (teaching writing, acting, public speaking, and publishing) at Franklin Pierce University, where she also serves as Editor for their literary magazine, Northern New England Review.

She is continuing to work on her collection of fictional short stories “How’s the End of World Going, You Dumb Bitch?” which served as her thesis. She is also currently launching two new projects: Not That Precious, a narrative-driven, darkly humorous, and cunt-y podcast about toxic mom culture and The Litter Rat, Pestilence for the Rest Of Us (A Journal of Expression and Art. Quarterly and Impulsively. Home of the B*tch Slap and Three Paragraph Throw Down). SO STAY TUNED.

Rebecca brings her experience in teaching acting, public speaking, and monologue writing into her collaborative work with others, and is an intuitive editor and writing cheerleader in both creative and professional worlds.