Wendy Ruth Walk­er is cur­rent­ly enrolled in the M.A. Writ­ing Pro­gram at Johns Hop­kins Uni­ver­si­ty as well as the Ben­ning­ton MFA Writ­ing Sem­i­nars. She was a for­mer edi­tor at Simon & Schus­ter in New York as well as a con­tribut­ing writer to Stop Smil­ing Mag­a­zine. She cur­rent­ly acts as an edi­to­r­i­al consultant.