Suzanne Manizza Roszak is an assistant professor of English at the University of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands, where she teaches literature and creative writing.  Her poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction have appeared or are forthcoming in journals including Burnside Review, Colorado Review, The Journal, Ninth Letter, Third Coast, and Verse Daily. Her full-length poetry collection Sicilianas won the Lauria/Frasca Poetry Prize from Bordighera Press; her first novel, The Poison Girl, is forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil.