Polly Stewart grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where she still lives. She graduated from Hollins University and earned an MFA in fiction and a PhD in British literature from Washington University in St. Louis. Her short fiction has appeared in literary collections and journals, including Best New American Voices, the Best American Mystery Stories, Epoch, and the Alaska Quarterly Review. Her nonfiction has appeared in the New York Times, Crime Reads, and Poets & Writers, among other publications. She lives in Virginia.
