Penelope Scambly Schott is the author of a novel and several books of poetry, including LILLIE WAS A GODDESS, LILLIE WAS A WHORE (Mayapple Press, 2013), CROW MERCIES (CALYX Books, 2010) and SIX LIPS (Mayapple Press, 2009). She has received a Hopwood Award, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, a Poetry Society of America award, and four fellowships from the New Jersey.