Christie Cochrell's work has been published by Catamaran, Orca, Cumberland River Review (with a Pushcart Prize nomination), Lowestoft Chronicle, and Tin House, among others, and has won several awards including the Literal Latté Short Short Contest. Chosen as New Mexico Young Poet of the Year while growing up in Santa Fe, she now lives and writes by the ocean in Santa Cruz, California, and travels as much as possible to favorite places around the world.