Lori A. May writes across the genres, road-trips half the year, and drinks copious amounts of coffee. Her books include Square Feet (Accents, 2014) and The Low-Residency MFA Handbook: A Guide for Prospective Creative Writing Students (Continuum/ Bloomsbury, 2011). Her writing has also been in publications such as The Atlantic, Brevity, Midwestern Gothic, and Writer's Digest. Lori teaches in the University of King's College creative nonfiction MFA program and is a frequent guest speaker at writing conferences and residencies across North America. Visit her website at loriamay.com.