Blythe RipponBlythe Rippon is the author of Barring Complications (GCLS finalist for best dramatic fiction), Stowe Away, and the short story "S. Claus" in the holiday anthology Do You Feel What I Feel. She holds a PhD in the humanities and teaches academic writin to undergraduates. When not grading papers or imagining plots for future novels, she is usually holding forth about the political injustice of the day, hiking, or experimenting in the kitchen. She has lived all over the United States and at present can be found in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives with her wife and children. Read More Read Less