Erin Michaela Sweeney is a writer, mommy, yogini, daughter, editor, sister, and napper extraordinaire who lives in Claremont, California. In August 2015, she published Every Breath Is a Gift: Reflections on My Leukemia Journey. Her next nonfiction project is tentatively titled Beyond Your Cancer Identity. She also writes fiction and poetry. “The Widow”—a short story excerpt from her magic realism novel-length project—is featured in Frightening: A Collective Work. Her poems have appeared in the anthology Moonlight Dreamers of Yellow Haze as well as in Haiku Journal, Angels Flight literary west, and Alebrijes online journal of creative arts. She connects with readers via her website (ErinMichaelaSweeney.com), Facebook (Erin Michaela Sweeney – writer), and Twitter (@erin_m_sweeney) as well as her monthly newsletter, Emails from Erin (available via her website).