Elizabeth J. Colen is the author of the poetry collections Money for Sunsets (Steel Toe Books, 2010), Waiting Up for the End of the World: Conspiracies (Jaded Ibis Press, 2012), and THE GREEN CONDITION (Ricochet Editions, 2013), as well as the flash fiction collection Dear Mother Monster, Dear Daughter Mistake (Rose Metal Press, 2011). She lives in Seattle.