Cindy Glovinsky, now a full-time writer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has worked as a clerk-typist, research secretary, administrative assistant, academic editor, clinical social worker, adjunct English instructor, professional organizer, and professional violinist. She previously published three non-fiction books with St. Martin's Press and a memoir, Music, Lakes, and Blue Corduroy, with Thunder Bay Press in Michigan. Her poetry and prose have appeared in various literary magazines, including Ploughshares, Connecticut River Review, Illuminations, Bear River Review, Pacific Coast Journal, Aries, The Chaffin Journal, Plainsong, and Barbaric Yawp.