Monica Macansantos holds an MFA in Fiction from the Michener Center for Writers in Austin, TX, and a PhD in Creative Writing from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Colorado Review, the Masters Review, failbetter, Lunch Ticket, Anomaly, Oyster River Pages, and the Pantograph Punch, among other places. Her work has been recognized with residencies at Hedgebrook, the KHN Center for the Arts, Storyknife Writers Retreat, the I-Park Foundation, and Moriumius.