CM Harris is the author of novels SHE NEVER LEFT, MAIDEN LEAP, ENTER OBLIVION, and THE CHILDREN OF MOTHER GLORY Her short stories and essays appear in Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine, Escape Artists’ Pseudopod podcast, SALiT Magazine, Harrington Literary Quarterly, Queer Voices: Poetry, Prose, and Pride, and the anthology Coppice & Brake. Her screenplay The Cost of Glory received a Gold Award for Best Concept Script and a Silver Award for Best Feature Script from the Queen Palm Film Festival. CM Harris lives in Minneapolis with her wife and their twins. She is also a graphic designer, the lead singer of the indie rock band Hothouse Weeds, and a judge in the ScriptMadness screenwriting competition.