Sørina Higgins is a Consulting Editor, author, English teacher, and award-winning scholar of British modernist literature. Dr. Higgins earned her PhD at Baylor University in Waco, TX, where she studied the role of ceremonial magic in modernist theatre. She has taught courses in literature, creative writing, and academic writing for over two decades in a variety of settings.
Dr. Higgins is currently writing a series of lectures on the Inklings for one of The Great Courses from The Teaching Company and has received a Clyde S. Kilby Research Grant from the Marion E. Wade Center for her forthcoming book The Oddest Inkling: An Introduction to Charles Williams, due out in 2026 from Apocryphile Press. She previously wrote and recorded C.S. Lewis: Writer, Scholar, Seeker, an Audible Original from The Teaching Company and edited an academic essay collection entitled The Inklings and King Arthur. She is also the author of the blog The Oddest Inkling, devoted to the study of Charles Williams’ works.
As a creative writer, Sørina has written a volume of short stories, Shall these Bones Breathe? and previously published two books of poetry, Caduceus & The Significance of Swans.
Sørina and her Irish husband are the stewards of Avondale Homestead in upstate New York, where they wrangle a clowder of cats, a chattering of chickens, and a variety of veggies.
You can hire Sørina to edit your work; you might enjoy taking one of her online classes; or perhaps you’d like to invite her to speak on any number of literary topics..