Kim Chinquee is the author of the collections Oh Baby (Ravenna Press, 2008), Pretty (White Pine Press, 2010), and Pistol (Ravenna Press, 2012). She is a frequent contributor to NOON, Denver Quarterly, and Conjunctions, and her work has appeared in other journals, such as The Nation, The Huffington Post, Mississippi Review, Fiction, and BOMB. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and a Henfield Prize, is an associate editor of New World Writing, and chief editor of ELJ (Elm Leaves Journal). She lives and teaches in Buffalo, New York.