Originally from the rural Midwest, Erin Pringle now lives in Northwest with her partner, Heather, and son, Henry. She's the author of a novel, Hezada! I Miss You (2020) and two story collections, The Whole World at Once (2017) and The Floating Order (2009). She received an Artist Trust Fellowship (2012) and was named a finalist in the Kore Press Short Fiction Award (2012). Other honors regarding her work include four Pushcart Nominations, being shortlisted for a Charles Pick Fellowship, and named a Notable Best American Non-Required Reading.