Shelagh Powers Johnson received her MFA in Fiction from American University, and teaches Creative Writing at Bowie State University, where she also serves as faculty editor of the literary magazine, The Torch. Her work has appeared in The Portland Review, Apt, The Clackamas Literary Review, and the Grace and Gravity Anthology of DC Women Writers, among many others. Her most recent stories are featured in the March and April issues of Ghost Parachute and Bright Flash Literary, respectively. You can view her TEDxTalk, "Creative Writing: A Transformational Practice," on YouTube.