Brenna Dixon is a native Floridian with an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University, where she teaches fiction writing, eco-composition, and composition with a focus on monster narratives. Her fiction and nonfiction can be found in Steel Toe Review, South Dakota Review, Burrow Press Review, and other journals. She is a 2014 Artist-in-Residence for Everglades National Park and sometimes also writes slam poetry about fruit. You can find more of her work linked on her website and over at the Ploughshares blog.