Rebecca Brown is the author of twelve books of prose including American Romances, The Gifts of the Body, Annie Oakley’s Girl, The Last Time I Saw You and The Dogs: A Modern Bestiary. Her play “The Toaster”, commissioned by New City Theater, premiered at On the Boards. She wrote libretto for “The Onion Twins,” a dance opera produced by Better Biscuit Dance Company. An adaptation of The Terrible Girls was presented by About Face Theater (Chicago). Her altered books have been exhibited in the USA and Canada. Her work has been translated into Japanese, German, Italian, etc. She has read from her work and lectured in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Rome, New York and elsewhere. She teaches at MFA programs in writing at Goddard College in Vermont and the University of Washington at Bothell. She lives with her spouse in Seattle in a house with a white picket fence.