MARY SOJOURNER is the author of 29: A Novel, Delicate: Stories of Light and Desire, Bonelight: Ruin and Grace in the New Southwest, and memoirs Solace: Rituals of Loss and Desire and She Bets Her Life. She is a frequent book reviewer for her local NPR station and the author of many essays, columns, and op-eds for High Country News, Writers on the Range, and other publications. A graduate of the University of Rochester, Sojourner teaches writing in private circles, one-on-one, at colleges and universities, writing conferences, and book festivals. She believes in both the limitations and possibilities of healing through writing—the most powerful tool she has found for doing what is necessary to mend. She lives in Flagstaff, Arizona.