Dion O’Reilly, who has spent most of her life on a small farm in the Santa Cruz Mountains, is the author of the debut collection Ghost Dogs (Terrapin, 2020). In addition, her work has been included in several anthologies, including A Constellation of Kisses. She earned an MFA in creative writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, and was a finalist in Narrative’s Twelfth Annual Poetry Contest.