Kristen Holt-Browning is a freelance copy editor & proofreader. Her poetry chapbook, The Only Animal Awake in the House, was published by Moonstone Press & was a runner-up in their 2021 Annual Chapbook Contest. She was also a finalist in the Kelsay Books 2022 Women’s Poetry Contest. Her poetry & fiction have appeared in several literary magazines, including Hayden’s Ferry Review, Hunger Mountain & Necessary Fiction. She holds a BA from Connecticut College & an MA from University College London (both in English) & lives in Beacon, New York with her husband and two sons. Her first novel, Ordinary Devotion, is forthcoming from Monkfish Book Publishing Company.