Mary Katherine Creel lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where she has worked as a journalist and counselor to children and families. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is author of the poetry chapbook, when fire injures, it leaves a distinctive wound (dancing girl press). Her second chapbook, Every Note, a Lantern, is forthcoming (Kelsay Books). Her poems have appeared in Salvation South, Humana Obscura, The Weekly Pause, kerning, Nature Writing, otata, and Pittsburgh Poetry Review.