Kristin Czarnecki is the author of The First Kristin: The Story of a Naming, a memoir about the experience of being named after a deceased sibling. Her creative nonfiction and poetry have been published in a variety of venues, including Peatsmoke: A Literary Journal, The Porch Magazine, The Smart Set, and Clementine Unbound, and she has a chapbook forthcoming from dancing girl press. She holds a Ph.D. in English and is past president of the International Virginia Woolf Society.