A native Floridian, Crystal Sidell grew up playing with toads in the rain and indulging in speculative fiction. She holds a master of arts in both English and library & information science, moderates two creative writing groups, and has reviewed books for the Florida Library Youth Program. A Pushcart-nominated writer, her work has appeared in 34 Orchard, Apparition Lit, F&SF, Factor Four Magazine, The Sprawl Mag, Strange Horizons, Sylvia, and others. You can find her on Twitter @sidellwrites.