Marissa Landrigan's work has appeared in Orion, Diagram, Paper Darts, Flyway, and Prick of the Spindle, and she is a regular nonfiction contributor at The Nervous Breakdown. She received her MFA in Creative Writing and Environment from Iowa State University, where she completed her food memoir, The Vegetarian's Guide to Eating Meat. She currently lives in Pennsylvania and teaches writing at the University of Pittsburgh - Johnstown.