Jan Seale writes poems, short fiction, and essays. Her work is published nationally in such venues as The Yale Review, Texas Monthly, and Newsday. Her short stories, seven of which were chosen for the PEN Syndicated Fiction Project, are collected in Airlift (TCU Press). She also has six books of poetry, a book of essays, and a writing textbook. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing. Seale teaches memoir and creative writing workshops both in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, where she lives, and nationally for writing groups and learning centers.