Born in South Bend, Indiana, Ann McGlinn has lived throughout the United States as well as abroad, including in Dublin, Ireland, a city that provided friendships and experiences th...view moreBorn in South Bend, Indiana, Ann McGlinn has lived throughout the United States as well as abroad, including in Dublin, Ireland, a city that provided friendships and experiences that helped to shape this novel. Her first novel, El Penco, was published by Cuidono Press, and her poems and short fiction have appeared in Art/Life, Cutbank, Poem, Rosebud, Quarterly West, The Flexible Persona, and The Ekphrastic Review. She lives with her family in Chicago, Illinois.view less