Tammy Delatorre is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her essays have won numerous awards: “Out of the Swollen Sea” was selected by author Cheryl Strayed as the winner of the Payton Prize; “Diving Lessons” was awarded the Slippery Elm Prose Prize and recognized as a Notable Essay in the 2016 Best American Essays; “I Am Coming for You” was selected as the winner of CutBank’s Montana Prize for Creative Nonfiction. Her writing has also appeared in Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping, Salon, The Rumpus, and Many Mountains Moving. Find out more at her website.