Kathleen McNamara is a graduate of Barnard College, Columbia University, and earned an MFA in fiction writing from ASU in 2014. Prior to joining Arizona State University, she worked at the New York Review of Books. Her fiction and essays have appeared in Nimrod International Journal, Redivider, Witness, The Columbia Journal, Carolina Quarterly, and elsewhere. Her novel-in-progress is currently being supported by the Arizona Commission on the Arts.