C. Ann Kodra grew up in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. She now lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, with her husband. Her poetry and short stories have appeared or are pending in journals and anthologies, including Birmingham Arts Journal, Blueline, Cavalier Literary Couture, Common Ground Review, Cutthroat (online), drafthorse, MOTIF (vol. 1 & 3), Now & Then, Peacock Journal, Prime Mincer, Red Truck Review, RHINO, Roanoke Review, Still Crazy, Still: The Journal, The Medulla Review, The Saranac Review, Yemassee, and others. She is a contributing editor for New Millennium Writings and an associate editor for MSI Press.