Misty Urban is a fiction writer, medievalist, essayist, editor, and former college professor. She is the author of three short story collections and the comedic women's fiction nov...view moreMisty Urban is a fiction writer, medievalist, essayist, editor, and former college professor. She is the author of three short story collections and the comedic women's fiction novel My Day As Regan Forrester. She has also published award-winning creative nonfiction and medieval scholarship on the topics of romance and monstrous women. She holds an MFA in fiction and a Ph.D. in medieval literature from Cornell University and lives in eastern Iowa with her family and a rather heavy collection of books.view less