Gretchen Tremoulet has two degrees (BA, MSLS) from the University of Kentucky, a certificate from the University of Washington Certificate Program in Literary Fiction, and an MFA in Writing (fiction) from the brief-residency MFA in Writing program at Spalding University. She has had stories published in Appalachian Heritage, The Journal of Kentucky Studies, The Chariton Review, Natural Bridge, and cream city review. Beindor of Red Duck is her first novel. She lives with her husband in Lexington, Kentucky.