Southern-born and Yankee-raised, AW Partin began writing at the age of ten. She studied at Bethany College and Malone University, graduating from the latter in 2003 with a BA in English. Her work has been featured in Outscapes: Writing on Fences and Frontiers, Grit, The Wayfarer, Crux Literary Journal, and the Jewish Press of Omaha. She currently lives in Georgia with her husband and daughter.