M.B. McLatchey is the author of six books, including the award-winning The Lame God (Utah State University Press), Smiling at the Executioner (Kelsay Books) and Beginner's Mind (Regal House). Her work has received multiple honors, including the American Poet Prize from the American Poetry Journal. She served for ten years as Poet Laureate of Volusia County, Florida; currently serves on the editorial staff as a Reader for the poetry journal SWWIM.