Mara Panich is a writer, artist, and the owner of Fact & Fiction Books in Missoula, Montana. She holds a BA in Creative Writing and English Literature from Purdue University and completed post-graduate studies at the University of Montana. She is the author of Blood is Not the Water (FootHills Publishing, 2021), and her work has been published in CutBank Online, The Bitchin’ Kitsch, Awake in the World, V2, Women Under Scrutiny, We Leave the Flowers Where They Are, and other anthologies.