ABBY MIMS' fiction and non-fiction have appeared in a gaggle of lit mags and anthologies, including (but not limited to): The Santa Monica Review, Swink, Other Voices, The Normal School, Women on the Edge: LA Women Writers and Cassette From My Ex. She has received awards from various writers’ conferences and was featured in the New Short Fiction series, presented by the Beverly Hills Library. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Irvine and currently resides in Portland, Oregon, where she at work on an essay collection and a novel. You can read more of her musings at www.abbymims.com.