Michelle Murphy is the author of three books of poetry, her latest, Disheveled Histories, published by Wet Cement Press. Her first collection, Jackknife & Light, was shortlisted for the National Poetry Series and the PEN West Literary Award. Poems from Synonym for Home were published as a portfolio by VERSE Magazine as a Tomaž Šalamun Prize finalist, She lives in Reno, Nevada, near the beautiful Truckee River.