Born in Brooklyn, raised in Miami, and educated at the University of Michigan, Marlene Olin is currently working on a novel. Her short stories have been featured or are forthcoming in over forty publications including Emrys Journal, Kestrel, Upstreet Magazine, The Broken Plate, Vine Leaves, Toasted Cheese, Poetica, Steam Ticket, Crack the Spine, and The Saturday Evening Post online. She is a contributing editor at Arcadia magazine.