Tabitha Blankenbiller grew up in Washington State and currently lives outside of Portland, Oregon. She graduated from the Pacific University MFA in Writing program in 2012 and has written essays for Electric Lit, The Rumpus, Bustle, Catapult, Hobart, Brevity, and other venues, and has been anthologized in the NOT MY PRESIDENT and ALL THAT GLITTERS collections. Her debut essay collection EATS OF EDEN is forthcoming from Alternating Current Press in March 2018. Her home is populated by her husband Matt, her cats Max and Mehitabel, and her prized dual oven, Doubles.