Simone Muench was raised in Louisiana and Arkansas and now resides in Chicago, Illinois. She received her Ph.D from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and currently directs the Writing Program at Lewis University where she is an associate professor and teaches creative writing and film studies. She is the author of The Air Lost in Breathing (Marianne Moore Prize for Poetry; Helicon Nine, 2000), Lampblack & Ash (Kathryn A. Morton Prize for Poetry; Sarabande, 2005), Orange Crush (Sarabande, 2010) and Disappearing Address, co-written with Philip Jenks (BlazeVOX, 2010). A former editor of ACM, she is now an editor for Sharkforum and chief faculty advisor for Jet Fuel Review; additionally, she serves on the advisory boards of Switchback Books. A vegetarian and life long horror film fan, you can find her at www.simonemuench.com [2]