About the Author

HEATHER TOSTESON is the author of seven books of fiction, poetry and non-fiction, including most recently the novel The Philosophical Transactions of Maria van Leeuwenhoek, Antoni's Dochter. She is co-editor of fourteen Wising Up Anthologies, of which Illness & Grace, Terror & Transformation was the first. She has worked in health communications with a focus on communication across disciplines, racism, social trust, and how belief systems develop and change. She has an MFA (UNC-Greensboro) and PhD in English and Creative Writing (Ohio University). CHARLES BROCKETT has a PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a recipient of several Fulbright and National Endowment for the Humanities awards. A retired political science professor, he has written two well-received books on Central America and numerous social science journal articles and book chapters. With Heather Tosteson, he is co-founder of Universal Table and Wising Up Press and co-editor of the Wising Up Anthologies.