Ann Stewart McBeeAnn Stewart McBee was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She graduated with a PhD in creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she taught undergraduate English and served as an editor for cream city review. She now teaches cmposition, creative writing and literature at Des Moines Area Community College, and lives outside Des Moines, Iowa with her husband and a smelly terrier. The limited use of her hands due to Rheumatoid Arthritis does not prevent her from writing in the same way that living in heavy air pollution does not prevent one from breathing. Read More Read Less