Cheryl Klein is the author of Lilac Mines (Manic D Press, 2009) and The Commuters, which won City Works Press’ Ben Reitman Award and was published in 2006. Her fiction has appeared in The Normal School, Other, and the anthologies Jane’s Stories III (Jane’s Stories Press) and Hunger and Thirst (City Works Press). She directs the California office of Poets & Writers, Inc., and previously co-edited the online queer fiction magazine Blithe House Quarterly. She is an alumna of UCLA and CalArts, and lives in Los Angeles. She blogs about art, life and carbohydrates at breadandbread.blogspot.com.