Lydia Conklin is a writer and cartoonist pursuing a fiction MFA at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She currently teaches at UW and at the Oakhill Correctional Institution. Her fiction and graphic fiction have appeared in Narrative Magazine, New Letters, The Minnesota Review, The Saint Ann's Review and other places. In 2011, she won a Pushcart Prize. She has received fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the Astraea Foundation and Harvard University. Her comics are available online at Hobart, vis a tergo and other places.