Alexis Stratton is a native of Illinois but has spent their life in many homes, from New Orleans to South Korea. Alexis received their MFA in Creative Writing from the University of South Carolina and is currently working as a freelance writer and editor in Colorado. Their writing has appeared in storySouth, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Blue Mesa Review, and The Drum, among other publications, and in 2012, they won the BLOOM Chapbook Contest for Fiction. www.alexisstratton.com