Jayne Pupek holds an MA in counseling psychology and has spent most of her professional life in the field of mental health. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous print and online literary journals. She has twice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Jayne is the author of two book of poems, THE LIVELIHOOD OF CROWS (Mayapple Press, 2010) and FORMS OF INTERCESSION (Mayapple Press, 2008) and two chapbooks: Local Girls (DeadMule, 2007) and Primitive (Pudding House Press, 2004). Her first novel, Tomato Girl, was published by Algonquin Books in the fall of 2008. She resides near Richmond, Virginia.
