Terry Wolverton is a poet, novelist, short fiction writer, and essayist. Her most recent poetry collections are "Blue Hunger" and "Ruin Porn" from Finishing Line Press in 2018 and 2017 respectively. She has edited 14 literary compilations and, in 1997, she founded Writers at Work, where she teaches workshops and provides creative consultations to writers. She has been awarded residencies from the California Arts Council and the City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs, as well as a California Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry, and a City of Los Angeles (COLA) Fellowship in Literature.