Kate Fox is the author of The Company Misery Loves (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions) and two poetry chapbooks: The Lazarus Method (Kent State University Press) and Walking Off the Map (Seven Kitchens Press). Her work has appeared in Great River Review, Kenyon Review, New Ohio Review, and Pleiades, among others. She earned her Ph.D. in American literature/creative writing from Ohio University, where she worked as an instructor, editor, and assistant to the president. She also served as editor of the Ohioana Quarterly from 1999-2007. She lives in Athens, Ohio, with her partner, Bob DeMott, and their two English setters.