Renée E. D’Aoust’s creative nonfiction book Body of a Dancer (Etruscan Press) was a finalist for Foreword Review’s “Book of the Year.” Recent and upcoming publications include Ballet Review, Festival Writer, Rain Taxi, Triquarterly Review, and The Americas Anthology of New Writings: From Patagonia to Nunavut (Texas Tech University Press), edited by Peter Grandbois. D’Aoust teaches online at Casper College and North Idaho College, volunteers as a mentor AWP’s Writer to Writer program and as an Idaho Master Forest Steward, and lives in Idaho and Switzerland. For more information, please visit www.reneedaoust.com.