Nancy Elizabeth Quinn’s short fiction and personal essays have been published in literary journals including Wild Roof Journal, The Blood Pudding, Two Sisters, East by Northeast, Big Whoopie Deal, The Festival Review, and others.

She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and she is a longtime member of The Writers Studio.

Many moons ago, she studied writing at UC Santa Barbara with Marvin Mudrick, Raymond Carver, and John Ridland.

She lives in San Francisco and spends time in Sonoma. She is currently working on a collection of short stories inspired by her life in Southern California in the 1970s.