Ingrid Andersson's writing has appeared in journals and anthologies nationally and internationally. Her poetry has been twice-nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, and appeared in About Place Journal, Ars Medica, Intima, Hippocrates Awards Anthology, Literary Mama, Midwest Review, Minerva Rising, Mom Egg Review, Plant-Human Quarterly, Torrey House Press, Wisconsin People & Ideas and more. Ingrid holds undergraduate and Masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Swedish and German language and literature, anthropology and nursing. A nationally board-certified midwife for more than 20 years, she has caught over 1000 babies at home.