Chryss Yost is a poet, writer and designer. She is co-editor, with Dana Gioia and Jack Hicks, of California Poetry: From the Gold Rush to the Present (Heyday, 2004) and, with Diane Boller and Don Selby, of Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the World's Most Popular Poetry Website. A native of San Diego, she currently lives in Santa Barbara with her daughter.