Celia Jeffries, MA Brandeis, MFA Lesley University, has an extensive background in education, journalism, and publishing. She is an Amherst Writers and Artists Affiliate and led workshops in the Boston area for over six years before moving to Western Massachusetts. Her work has appeared in several publications, including the anthology Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper and Westview: the Journal of Western Oklahoma and forthcoming in Writer's Chronicle. Celia is the managing editor of Patchwork Journal, has served as a Writer-in-Residence at Forbes Library, and on the faculty of Lesley University in Cambridge Massachusetts.