Amy Katherine Cannon is a writer and writing teacher living in Los Angeles. She received her MFA from UC Irvine and is the author of the chapbook "the interior desert" (Californios Press) and the mini-chapbook "to make a desert" (Platypus Press). Her work can be found in Inlandia, Bone Bouquet, LETTERS, and LIT, among other places. She is Managing Editor of Palaver Arts Magazine, a student publication.