Patton Quinn is a writer, a teacher and a single mother. She currently works in the political sector as a bill editor. She earned her graduate degree in humanities from St Edward’s University. You can find her work in such places as McSweeney’s Internet Tendencies, Wanderlust Journal, Matchbook Series, Elephant Journal, Awakenings Review, Rebellesociety.com, and Rag Queen Periodical. She lives in her hometown, Austin, Texas, with her daughter, Edith Anne, and their scruffy old buddy, Andy, a terrier from the mean streets of Dallas. When not doing life chores, they spend time hiking, painting, baking, or playing make believe in some capacity.