Kristen Hamelin Tracey’s short fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train, Euphony, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from City College of New York and a bachelor’s in English from Harvard, and her work has received creative or financial support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Juniper Summer Writing Institute, and the Cuttyhunk Island Writers' Residency. A writer of Irish, Japanese and French-Canadian descent who grew up in New York State, she currently lives in New York City with her husband, daughter, and cat (Maisie, to the right). By day she is a software engineer. She’s currently at work on a novel.