Lil Copan is an editor, arts columnist, and painter. This is her first work of fiction and brings together longtime interests in contemplative spirituality, baseball, and birding. A graduate of the University of Connecticut, Lil has degrees in art and creative writing. In addition to a long history in editorial work, she has worked as a curatorial assistant at an art museum, a high school English teacher, and a corn detasseler in Iowa fields. She leads workshops on spiritual writing and creative nonfiction. A long-time Bostonian, she now lives in “the city different”--Santa Fe, New Mexico--with her partner.