DIAN GREENWOOD, born and raised in the Dakotas, studied both writing and counseling psychology in San Francisco. Though her early focus was on poetry, she eased into fiction, studying with Janet Fitch (White Oleander) and Tom Spanbauer (The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon). Her first novel, About the Carleton Sisters, debuted in 2023. She writes and works as a family therapist in Portland, Oregon.