Jill Charles grew up in Spokane, Washington, majored in Creative Writing at Seattle University and wrote articles for Seattle’s Tablet: Magazine of Arts and Culture and poems and s...view moreJill Charles grew up in Spokane, Washington, majored in Creative Writing at Seattle University and wrote articles for Seattle’s Tablet: Magazine of Arts and Culture and poems and stories for Poetry Motel, Heliotrope and The Inlander, an independent Spokane newspaper. In 2007, she moved from Seattle to Chicago where she performs poetry at open mics at Kafein, and The Heartland Café.view less