LYNNE BARRETT is the author of the story collections Magpies (Gold Medal, Florida Book Awards), The Secret Names of Women, and The Land of Go, and co-editor of Birth: A Literary Companion. She has received the Edgar Award for best mystery story, and her work appears in Trouble in the Heartland: Stories Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen, Fifteen Views of Miami, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Fort Lauderdale Magazine, Wraparound South, The Southern Women’s Review, One Year to a Writing Life, and many other journals and anthologies. Barrett lives in Miami, teaches in the MFA program at Florida International University, and edits The Florida Book Review.