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 a Henfield Prize, serves as Editor of New World Writing Quarterly, Chief Editor of Elm Leaves Journal (ELJ), nonfiction editor of Midwest Review, and prose poetry editor of Pithead Chapel. 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. She can be reached at kimchinquee at gmail dot com.