Michelle Brooks has published poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction in a variety of publications, including The Iowa Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Madison Review, Orchid, Blue Mesa Review, Gargoyle, South Carolina Review, Slipstream, Natural Bridge, Confluence, Eclipse, and Other Voices. A native Texan, she has lived in Detroit since Devil's Night in 1997. She is the author of a novella, Dead Girl, Live Boy (Storylandia Press, 2011) and a collection of poetry, MAKE YOURSELF SMALL (The Backwaters Press, 2011).