Mary Rechners fiction has appeared in publications including Kenyon Review, Washington Square, Propeller Quarterly and Oregon Literary Review. Her criticism and essays have appeared in The Believer and The Oregonian. Rechner is a recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship, and is the director of the Writers in the Schools program, which places poets, fiction writers, essayists, graphic novelists, and playwrights into Portland high schools to facilitate exercises and instruction in creative writing, serving more than 2,000 area students. Originally from Long Island, Rechner lives in Portland, Oregon."