Jen Michalski's novel, The Tide King, was published by Black Lawrence Press (2013; winner of the Big Moose Prize). She is the author of two collections of fiction, Close Encounters (So New, 2007), and FROM HERE (Aqueous Books, 2013), as well as a collection of novellas, Could You Be With Her Now (Dzanc Books, 2013). In 2013, she was named one of "50 Women to Watch" by The Baltimore Sun and won a "Best of Baltimore" for "Best Writer" from Baltimore Magazine. Her fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She is the founding editor of the literary quarterly, jmww; co-host of the monthly re...