Allie Rigby has roots in the chaparral and deserts of Southern California. She is the author of Moonscape for a Child (Bored Wolves, 2024), and the recent recipient of a Fulbright fellowship to Romania. Her poetry appears in Living on Earth Radio, Parentheses Journal, Manzano Mountain Review, Visitant Lit, and more. She has a master’s degree in English: Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, and has taught creative writing for Ovidius University, Point Reyes Institute, The Loft Literary Center, and the US–Romanian Embassy. She’s the lead editor for Sunlight Editing, the reviews editor for The SEEfest Review and a poetry editor for Elyssar Press. Honors include a William Dickey fellowship, contribution to Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, and contribution to the Poetry Program at the Community of Writers.