Rebecca Ellis lives in southern Illinois. She has poems published or forthcoming in RHINO, Quiddity, Natural Bridge, qarrtsiluni, and on a bus as part of the Metro Arts in Transit 2008 Poetry in Motion project. She is a supporter and former board member of the St. Louis Poetry Center. She edits Cherry Pie Press, publishing a series of poetry chapbooks by Midwestern women poets. Her favorite dessert is cheesecake (any kind!) and, of course, cherry pie.