Nancy Burke studied writing at the Rutgers' Newark MFA Creative Writing Program and teaches writing at Montclair State University and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Her earlier work includes: From the Abuelas' Window (2005), If I Could Paint the Moon Black (2014) and Only the Women are Burning (2020). Her short fiction has appeared in Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience and Meat for Tea: The Valley Review. Her story, At the Pool, (included in this collection) was a Finalist in the J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction at Dappled Things Magazine. She lives in Little Falls, NJ.