KATHRYN WILDER’s work, cited in Best American Essays and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, has appeared in such publications as High Desert Journal, River Teeth, Fourth Genre, Sierra, and many anthologies. Wilder is editor of Walking the Twilight: Women Writers of the Southwest volumes I and II and co-author with Redwing T. Nez of the children's book Forbidden Talent. A past finalist for the Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writers Award and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Wilder holds an MA from Northern Arizona University and an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She lives among mustangs in southwestern Colorado.