Margaret Elysia Garcia is the author of Sad Girls and Other Stories published by Solstice Literary Press. She lives in the northern Sierra Nevadas with her family in exile from her Los Angeles roots. A contributing editor for Hip Mama Magazine, she also writes a comic zine called "The Adventures of Sadgirl the Superheroine," illustrated by her daughter, Paloma. In 2015 she wrote and directed the play The Adventures of SadGirl: Superheroine. In 2014, she wrote, co-directed and co-produced the play "Before You Barefoot: A Dark Comedy of Revenge," in collaboration with Wretched Productions of Quincy, CA. She's also a DJ and radio host at Plumas Community Radio (www.KQNY919.org) where she hosts the alternative women's music show "Milkshake & Honey" and the literary arts show "Under the Covers." From 2013-2015 she directed the Plumas County "Listen to Your Mother" show, and she was a cast member in the 2012 San Francisco "Listen to Your Mother" show, where her essay was later featured on "Upworthy." She works as a reporter for Feather River Publishing. Her new short story collection Mary of the Chance Encounters is due out on Noctunicorn Press in May 2016.