Cristie Coffing holds an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University. A self-published novelist and playwright, work has been published in Flash Fiction Magazine, Does It Have Pockets, and elsewhere. She was a 2013 Santa Fe Writers project Finalist, third prize recipient in Flash Fiction Magazine’s 2021 contest, a 2022 Pushcart Prize nominee, and a 2023 Best Micro-Fiction nominee. She writes, dances, and waits tables in a small river town.