Anne Elliott is the author of The Artstars (Blue Light Books/Indiana University Press, 2019) and The Beginning of the End of the Beginning (Ploughshares Solos, 2014). Her short stories can be found in Crab Orchard Review, Witness, Hobart, Bellevue Literary Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Fugue, The Normal School, and elsewhere. Honors include fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center and Table 4 Writer’s Foundation. In addition to writing fiction, Elliott has been a performance poet, ukulelist, Wall Street analyst, database programmer, and publisher of tiny books. She lives in Southern Maine with her husband and many pets. Learn more at www.anneelliottstories.com.