Patricia Foster is an associate professor in the MFA Program in Nonfiction at the University of Iowa. She is the author of "All the Lost Girls"; editor of "Minding the Body" and "Sister to Sister"; and coeditor of "The Healing Circle". She is a recipient of the PEN/Jerard Fund Award, the Mary Roberts Rinehart Award, a Dean's Scholar Award, and a Florida Arts Council Award. Her short stories and essays have been published in numerous anthologies and literary magazines.