Lyndsey Ellisis the author of the novelBone Broth(Hidden Timber Books), and her short fiction has been published inKweli Journal,Joyland,Santa Monica Review,Parhelion,Stockholm Review of Literature, andOrca, A Literary Journal, among many others. Her work has been anthologized inGolden State 2017: Best New Writing from California(Outpost 19 Books),Black in the Middle: An Anthology of the Black Midwest(带出版),andCrick! Crack!: Poems and Stories by Emerging Writers(The Bonfire Collective). She wrote the Memory Book column forCatapultmagazine, blogged atFor Harriet,and was fiction editor forThe Account: A Journal of Poetry, Prose, and Thought. She has taught for the Loft Literary Center, the California Writers’ Club, Your Words STL, and midnight & indigo. She holds a BA from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts.