Christie Ann Reynolds is the author of Texts from My Mom (Big Lucks 2014), Revenge for Revenge (Coconut 2012), and idiot heart (New School Chapbook Contest 2009). She studied poetry at The New School and holds degrees in English literature and teaching from Hofstra University, Queens College, and Bank Street School of Education. She is the recipient of an Academy of American Poetry Award and the Poets & Writers Amy Award for emerging female writers. She was recently chosen as the first prize poetry winner by Fence Magazine and Summer Literary Seminars and will travel to Kenya for their residency program. She lives and teaches middle school humanities in Brooklyn, NY.