Mary Vensel White is the author of The Qualities of Wood, the first release from HarperCollins' Authonomy imprint, Bellflower, a novel-in-moments, and Starling. Vensel White teaches writing and English and edits fiction and nonfiction at typeeighteenediting.com. A graduate of the University of Denver and DePaul University, Chicago, she now lives in southern California.