Ruth Joffre is the author of the story collection Night Beast. Her fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Kenyon Review, The Masters Review, Lightspeed, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Copper Nickel, The Offing, and elsewhere. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner, The Journal, PANK, Crab Fat Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in Seattle, where she teaches at Hugo House.