Caitlin Barasch earned her BA from Colorado College and her MFA from New York University, where she also taught creative writing. Her work has been published in over a dozen publications including Catapult, Amazons Day One (ed. Morgan Parker), Hobart, The Forge, Jellyfish Review, ellipsisjournal of literature and art, and Atlas and Alice, and she has been nominated for Best Small Fictions. As Youth Programming Leader and Co-Director of The Nest, Caitlin leads creative writing (remote) workshops for teens. She lives in New York City with her feline companion, Mr. Knightley.