Jill StegmanJill has short stories published in such literary journals as Isotope, Literary Mama, North Atlantic Review, RE: AL, South Dakota Review, Del Sol, and Storyglossia. She has also been a finalist for the Glimmer Train Emerging Writer's Fiction Award an has been nominated for Best of the Net anthologies. She has an M.F.A. in fiction writing from Pacific University, Oregon. Her mentors have included Benjamin Percy, Mary Helen Stefaniak, and Kevin McIlvoy. Jill lives in California on the Central Coast, near her two adult children, where she advocates for better monitoring for patients on prednisone and rides her bike-always hearing Don cheering her on. She's currently working on a novel about the unique culture of the California-Mexico border region. Read More Read Less