Letitia Trent grew up in Vermont and Oklahoma, and studied at Ohio State University. Her novel, ECHO LAKE, is available from Dark House Press, and a poetry collection, ONE PERFECT BIRD, is available from Sundress Publications. Her chapbooks include YOU AREN’T IN THIS MOVIE and THE WOMEN IN CHARGE, both from dancing girl press. She was the 2010 winner of the Alumni Flash Writing Award from the Ohio State University’s THE JOURNAL, and has been awarded fellowships from The Vermont Studio Center and the MacDowell Colony. Letitia lives in Colorado with her husband, son, and three cats.