Passionate about writing and poetry, Palmer is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, and an English MA graduate of UVA. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in: Refresh Magazine, The Crime Yard, Newark Library Literary Journal, The Online Journal for Person-Centered Dermatology, For Women Who Roar, and many other literary journals. The Butterfly Bruises is her first published collection of work. It has won the Gold Medal for the Readers Choice Awards (young adult), Literary Titan Gold Medal, and has been nominated as a Finalist in the category of Travel and Essays for the Best American Book Awards sponsored by The American Book Fest.