Katrina Roberts is author of four books of poems (Underdog; Friendly Fire; The Quick; and How Late Desire Looks; and the chapbook Lace; as well, she’s editor of the anthology: Because You Asked: A Book of Answers on the Art & Craft of the Writing Life. Her book-length graphic poetry manuscript LIKENESS has been named a finalist for the Pleiades Visual Poetry Series. Her poems appear in places such as The Pushcart Prize Anthology, Best American Poetry, and The Bread Loaf Anthology of New American Poets. Named finalist for the New Alchemy Award, her poetry comics have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and appear or are forthcoming, in places such as Poetry Northwest, Thrush Poetry Journal, The American Journal of Poetry, The Ilanot Review, Root & Star, Permafrost, Lilac City Fairy Tales Vol IV, and anthologies including Evergreen: Fairy Tales, Essays, and Fables from the Dark Northwest. She writes and draws in Walla Walla, Washington, where she teaches and curates the Visiting Writers Reading Series at Whitman College, and co-runs the Walla Walla Distilling Company. (www.katrinaroberts.net)