Nancy Burke holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University, Newark and a BA in Anthropology from Montclair State University. She is the author of an earlier novel, From t...view moreNancy Burke holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Rutgers University, Newark and a BA in Anthropology from Montclair State University. She is the author of an earlier novel, From the Abuelas' Window, a story set in Chile in 1974 after the military coup of Augusto Pinochet. Her short fiction has appeared online in Pilgrim: A Journal of Catholic Experience and in print in Meat For Tea: The Valley Review. She is at work on a new novel. She lives, writes and teaches in Montclair, N.J. Visit her at www.nancyburkestories.com.view less