Stephanie Bar­bé Ham­mer is a 7‑time Push­cart Prize nom­i­nee in fic­tion, non­fic­tion and poet­ry. She has pub­lished in the Belle­vue Lit­er­ary Review, Hayden’s Fer­ry Review, and Café Irre­al. She is the author of two poet­ry col­lec­tions, two nov­els, a nov­el­ette, and a how to write mag­i­cal real­ism craft book.