Heather Derr-Smith

Heathen (Heather Derr-Smith) is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop with five books, Each End of the World (Main Street Rag Press, 2005), The Bride Minaret (University of Akron Press, 2008), Tongue Screw (Sparkwheel Press, 2016), Thrust, winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky Prize at Persea Books published in 2017 and Outskirts (University of Akron Press, 2022). They are founder and director of Cuvaj se/Take Care, a nonprofit supporting writers in conflict zones and post-conflict zones.