Susan Vespoli lives in Phoenix, Arizona, where she relies on the power of writing to stay sane. She’s taught Montessori preschoolers and ENG101 to community college students, owned a school, delivered newspapers, bicycled up a mountain, rehabbed a few extreme fixer-upper houses, and currently facilitates virtual writing circles on writers.com. Her work has been published in spots such as Rattle, Mom Egg Review, Anti-Heroin Chic, and NASTY WOMEN POETS: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse. Her book Blame It on the Serpent was published in January 2022 by Finishing Line Press and her book Cactus as Bad Boy will be published by Kelsay Books in mid-2022. For more, check out her website at https://susanvespoli.com/