Allison Tobey hails from Cleveland, Ohio, and received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She now lives in Portland, Oregon, where she teaches college writing and is the poetry editor for Gertrude Press. Her poetry has been featured at Poetry Press Week and published in many literary journals, including Rhino, Concho River Review, Pedestal Magazine, Sugar Hill Review, and Paper Nautilus.