Suzanne Farrell Smith is the author of The Memory Sessions, a memoir about her search for lost childhood memory; The Writing Shop, a guidebook for writing teachers; and Small Off Things, an essay collection forthcoming from Littoral Books. She is widely published, has been named Notable in Best American, and won a Pushcart for her essay “If You Find a Mouse on a Glue Trap,” published in Brevity. She teaches writing at Westport Writers’ Workshop, mentors emerging authors, reads for Longridge Review, and is founding editor of Waterwheel Review. Suzanne lives by a creek in the Connecticut woods with her husband, three sons, and two cats.