Wanda Fries has published poetry and short fiction in various anthologies and journals, including The River City Review, Sojourners, and The Michigan Quarterly Review. A Breadloaf scholar and graduate of Bennington College's MFA program, she has also twice been awarded an Al Smith Fellowship in Fiction from the Kentucky Arts. She is the author of two books, Cassandra Among the Greeks, a collection of poetry, and Ash Grove, a novel. She lives in Kentucky with her husband, Denny, a geologist.