Ruth W W CrockerRuth W. Crocker's essays have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Grace Magazine, O-Dark-Thirty, T.A.P.S. Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, anthologies and trade magazines. Writing honors include a notable essay in Best American Essays and a Pushcat Prize nomination. She is the recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Award and a Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of America. Her nonfiction book, People of Yellowstone, received Foreword Reviews Book of the Year Award. She received an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College and a PhD from the University of Connecticut. Presently, she is editor of the National Newsletter of the Gold Star Wives of America. She lives and writes in Mystic, CT. Visit her at www.ruthwcrocker.com. Read More Read Less