Kim Chinquee grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin, served in the medical field in the Air Force, and is often referred to as the "queen" of flash fiction. She's the author of eleven books and has published widely in journals and anthologies including The Nation, Ploughshares, NOON, StoryQuarterly, Denver Quarterly, Fiction, Story, Notre Dame Review, Conjunctions, and others. She is the recipient of three Pushcart Prizes and serves as Senior Editor of New World Writing Quarterly. She’s a competitive triathlete, a certified USA Triathlon Official, an associate professor at Buffalo State University, and lives with her three dogs in Western New York.