Originally from Georgia but now residing in California, Jessica Keaton Ganz received her undergraduate degree in English with a Creative Writing emphasis from Young Harris College and her MFA in Nonfiction and Poetry from San José State University. While at SJSU, she received the Rico Ressman Award, the Ida Faye Sachs Ludwig Award, and Judy and Jim Schulze Award and was also nominated for a 2016 AWP Intro Award. She was also a fellow at the San Francisco Writer's Grotto during her time at SJSU. Her work has been published in TWO, The Corn Creek Review, Bluestockings, Cactus Heart, The Mersey Review, and Wingless Dreamer.