Michele Herman is author of the forthcoming novel Save the Village (Regal House Publishing, 2021) and the poetry chapbook Victory Boulevard (Finishing Line Press, 2018), and has published her poems, stories, and essays in a wide variety of publications including The Hudson Review, The Sun, The New York Times and Diagram. She is a developmental editor, a longtime teacher at The Writers Studio, a translator of French songs, and an occasional performer of her own work in theatrical and cabaret settings.