Allison Augustyn (Seattle, WA) is an award-winning writer and editor. She recently finished an unpublished young adult novel about environment, seed banks, and U.S./China culture clash. She is now working on a second book. She was a rock music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and Seattle Times, and contributed to the book Kill Your Idols. She is co-author of the PROSE award-winning Gems and Gemstones (University of Chicago), and opened five exhibits as a media writer at The Field Museum of Natural History. She has worked with Richard Hugo House, Seattle Arts & Lectures, and The Common Acre, among others, and is a 2015 graduate of the Washington State ArtistTrust EDGE residence program. She has been published by Doll House and the Masters Review, among others.