Mariah Rigg is a Samoan-Haole settler who was born and raised on the island of O'ahu. Her work has been featured in Oxford American, The Sewanee Review, Joyland, and elsewhere. In 2024, she was awarded a fellowship in creative writing from the National Endowment for the Arts. She holds an MFA from the University of Oregon and is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
This biography was last updated on 08/05/2025.
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