About the Author

R.A. Rycraft has published stories, essays, reviews, and interviews in a number of journals and anthologies, including Perigee, PIF Magazine, VerbSap, The MacGuffin, and Calyx. Winner of the Eric Hoffer Best New Writing Editor's Choice Award for 2008 as well as a 2006 Million Writers Award Notable Story, Rycraft is an Associate Professor of English at Mt. San Jacinto College in Menifee, California, and chair of the English Department. She earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Literature and Writing Studies at California State University, San Marcos, and her Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon.