Judith Barrington, a finalist in Narrative’s Winter 2013 Story Contest, is the author of three poetry collections, Trying to Be an Honest Woman; History and Geography; and Horses and the Human Soul. Lifesaving: A Memoir received the Lambda Book Award. In Ireland, Barrington received the prestigious Gregory O’Donoghue Award. Born in Brighton, she has lived in Portland, Oregon, since 1976.