Bonnie Proudfoot moved from New York to West Virginia in 1979. She received a BA in art education and English education from Fairmont State, an MA in English from West Virginia University, and an MA in creative writing from Hollins University. She was an associate professor at Hocking College, Nelsonville, Ohio, for over twenty years. Proudfoot received a fellowship in the arts from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History. She has published fiction, poetry, reviews, and essays. Her novel, Goshen Road, (Ohio University Press/Swallow Press, 2020) was selected by the Women's National Book Association for Great Group Reads, long-listed for the 2021 PEN/Hemingway Award, and awarded the Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia (WCoNA) Book of the Year. Her writing has been nominated for the Best of the Net and for a Pushcart Prize. Her debut book of poems, Household Gods, was published by Sheila-Na-Gig Editions in 2022. She lives in Athens, Ohio, and delights in the writing communities she has found throughout the region. To find out more about Proudfoot, visit bonnieproudfootblog.wordpress.com.