Danielle Pafunda is author of nine books including the recent Beshrew (Dusie Press) and The Dead Girls Speak in Unison (Bloof Books), and the forthcoming The Book of Scab (Ricochet Editions) and Spite (Ahsahta Press 2020, Sawtooth finalist). She has taught at the University of Wyoming, University of California San Diego, and in the Mojave Desert where she lives with her children. She sits on the board of directors of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts.