Anne Jamison

Anne Elizabeth Jamison is an American professor of English at University of Utah noted primarily for her work on fan fiction.^[1]

Jamison grew up in Albany, New York. She received a BA from Barnard College, an MA from the University of London and a PhD from Princeton University.^[2] She moved to Salt Lake City in 2004 to take a position of Assistant Professor at the University of Utah. She teaches courses in Victorian literature, children's literature, and literary theory. She is a longtime Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan.^[3]

Her book Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over The World was published by Penguin Random House in 2013.^[4] Jamison is also the author of books on poetry and Kafka.^[5] Fan fiction such as "Pottermania," springing from the Harry Potter series, has been touted as ushering in a new era of creativity outside the usual publishing and entertainment channels.^[6]

Jamison has been a noted expert on "fan fiction" since publishing her book Fic.^[7][8][9]