Jane Sasser was born and raised on a farm in Fairview, NC. She grew up in a family of storytellers and began writing her own stories at the age of six. Her poetry has appeared in JAMA, North American Review, The Sun, and other publications. She has published two poetry chapbooks, Recollecting the Snow and Itinerant. A retired high school English teacher, she lives in Oak Ridge, TN, with her husband and retired greyhounds.