Alisha Erin Hillam’s poetry and creative non-fiction has appeared, or is forthcoming, in publications such as Midwestern Gothic, Passages North, Rust+Moth, Crab Orchard Review, and War, Literature and the Arts. She is the recipient of several literary awards from Purdue University and is a Best of the Net nominee. Originally from Indiana, she currently resides in Massachusetts with her family. She is currently at work on both her first novel and her first poetry collection.