Grace is the winner of many of the nation’s most prestigious songwriting contests, including NPR’s Mountain Stage NewSong Contest, and has received grants from the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation. Grace’s songs have been recorded by other esteemed artists, including Sara Hickman and Ruthie Foster. Her highly acclaimed independently released records, Grace Pettis (2009), Two Birds (2012) and the acoustic EP, Blue Star in a Red Sky (2018), have garnered praise from top notch magazines, newspapers and radio. She also holds down duties as a member (along with Rebecca Loebe and Betty Soo) of the Americana/folk-pop trio Nobody’s Girl. Grace signed a publishing deal with BMG in 2019 and a record deal with MPress Records in 2020. Her forthcoming debut studio album with MPress will be released May 2021.