Melanie Neilson is the author of Natural Facts (Potes and Poets), The Moth Detective (BAC), Civil Noir (Roof Books), and Prop and Guide (Figures). Double Indemnity Only Twice (theenk Books) is forthcoming 2012. Neilson was founding editor and publisher, with Jessica Grim, of Big Allis, a magazine focusing on experimental writing by women published 1989-2000. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.