Shana Deets is a native of Wisconsin and currently resides in the Boston area.  Her work has appeared in Poet Lore, Potomac Review, and Passages North.  Her first year of graduate school, she was awarded the Philip Gerard Fellowship for poetry.  She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from University of North Carolina-Wilmington in Spring of 2004.  For her novel, as well as for her collection of poetry, she has received fellowships from various organizations, including Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and the Willard Espy Foundation.  Deets is currently researching and writing her novel  Jane Tar as well as a collection of poetry.  She teaches Literature at the New England Institute of Art and Communications.