Brooke Dupree earned a BA in English from the University of South Carolina, an MA in Writing from Coastal Carolina University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Queens University. Her personal essay, “All the Leaving Times,” can be found in SOREN Lit magazine. When she is not dutifully working on her memoir or sharing the parenting tasks of a teenage daughter, Brooke can be found teaching English composition at one of the local colleges or universities in the Greenville, South Carolina area. Brooke loves to read, travel, and tell stories.