Polly Dugan is the author of the linked story collection,So Much a Part of You, and the novel,The Sweetheart Deal.Her short fiction has appeared inNarrativeandLine Zero. She is a contributing author toBefore and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Bookby Courtney Maum. She is a graduate of Dickinson College and the Denver Publishing Institute, a former employee of Powell’s Books and Guide Dogs for the Blind, a Tin House Summer Workshop alum and a former submissions reader forTin Housemagazine. She lives in Portland and Manzanita, Oregon with her family.