Tara Deal is a writer and editor in New York City. Her poetry and prose have appeared in several magazines that begin with the letter F, such as failbetter, flashquake, Flyway, Fogged Clarity, Foliate Oak, FragLit, and FRiGG, among others. She is also the author of the poetry chapbook Wander Luster (Finishing Line Press). Her novella, Palms Are Not Trees After All, won the 2007 Clay Reynolds Novella Prize from Texas Review Press. And her shortest story appears in Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (Norton).