Brenna Dixon is a native Floridian with an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University, where she teaches eco-composition, composition with a focus on monster narratives, and fiction writing. Her fiction and nonfiction can be found in Steel Toe Review, South Dakota Review, Burrow Press Review, and other journals. She sometimes also writes slam poetry about fruit. You can find more of her work over at the Ploughshares blog. She’s currently searching for a home for Game of Bodies, a collection of stories, and is a 2014 Artist-in-Residence for Everglades National Park.