Amy Leigh Wicks received her PhD in Creative Writing from Victoria University of Wellington's International Institute of Modern Letters in New Zealand. She holds her MFA from The New School in New York and is the author of The Dangerous Country of Love and Marriage (Auckland University Press) and Orange Juice and Rooftops (Eloquent Books). Recent work can be found in drDOCTOR, Turbine/Kapohau, SPORT 45 and Swamp. She likes motorcycles, outdoor feasts with chandeliers, and stories without endings.