LISA GLATT is the author of the novels The Nakeds and A Girl Becomes a Comma Like That, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times first fiction award. She has also published a collection of stories, The Apple's Bruise, and two books of poetry, Shelter and Monsters & Other Lovers. Her work has appeared in such magazines as Zoetrope: All-Story, Gulf Coast, Mississippi Review, Indiana Review, Pearl, The Sun, and Salon.com. Lisa teaches at California State University, Long Beach and is married to writer David Hernandez.