about
Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Minnesota State University, Mankato
M.F.A., Creative Writing-Fiction, Wichita State University
M.A., English Language and Literature, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
Music studies: University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mannes College of Music, NYC; Institute of Advanced Vocal Studies, Paris
SHORT BIO: Writer, educator, and musician Antonia Felix is the New York Times bestselling author of twenty-five books including biographies of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Dr. Felix has also enjoyed a music career as a classical singer with performances in the U.S. and Europe.
WRITER
Antonia Felix is the author of twenty-four nonfiction books, a novel, short fiction, and drama. Her biographies of women leaders including Senator Elizabeth Warren, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have given her opportunities to speak and lecture on women in politics in many venues. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, FoxNews, SkyNews, NPR, BBC, PBS’s “Washington Journal,” CNN International, and others. She is a featured biographer in the award-winning 2010 documentary American Faust: From Condi to Neo-Condi.
Antonia’s other biographies profile NATO Commander Wesley K. Clark and musical figures Andrea Bocelli, Harry Connick, Jr., and musical savant Tony Deblois, the latter three reflecting her professional background in music. She has also ghostwritten fiction and nonfiction titles.
Her column, Green State, addressed environmental and sustainability issues for the Emporia Gazette in Emporia, Kansas, and was awarded statewide recognition in the 2011 Kansas Press Association Awards of Excellence competition.
Antonia’s one-act play, LA DIVINA, about opera legend Maria Callas, debuted at Minnesota Concert Opera in 2015 starring soprano/actress Andrea Cianflone.
Antonia’s public speaking appearances have included the Woman's National Democratic Club, Robert Dole Institute of Politics, Columbia-Montour Women’s Conference, Ozark and Tallgrass Creative Writing workshops, and Iowa Book Festival.
EDUCATOR
Antonia is an assistant professor in Educational Leadership at Minnesota State University-Mankato, former adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Liberal Studies and Creative Writing Program at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, instructor in English and Literature at Emporia State University, and writing workshop presenter at the Ozark Writers Conference, Tallgrass Writing Workshop, and other programs.
Dr. Felix is on the board of the Minnesota Humanities Center and a member of the advisory board of the Women’s Freedom Forum, an educational organization affiliated with the United Nations that provides information about women’s rights in the Middle East and Iran.
MUSICIAN
As a classical singer who trained at the University of Wisconsin, Mannes College of Music in New York, and Institute of Advanced Vocal Studies in Paris, Antonia’s career has spanned opera, concert, and recital performances. She has performed on tour with the Virtuosi di Praga chamber orchestra in the Czech Republic; presented recitals in Paris, Moscow, Bermuda, Pohang (S. Korea), New York, Chicago, and Minneapolis; appeared in festival opera productions in New York; and given masterclasses at the Galina Vishnevskaya Centre in Moscow and other venues.
