Rebecca Bridge was born in the country in rural Illinois surrounded by cornfields, deep woods, horse pastures, swimming holes, and raspberry patches. She received a BA in Poetry from Columbia College and an MFA in Creative writing from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.

Rebecca is the author of Clear Out the Static in Your Attic: A Writer’s Guide to Turning Artifacts into Art (Write Bloody, 2014), co-writer of the award-winning short film Wednesday’s Child (Potenza Productions, 2013), and A Month’s Worth of Instructional Poems (V Press LC, forthcoming).

Rebecca works as a freelance writer, artist, jewelry maker, academic, and mother and lives in Seattle, WA with her husband, son, and two dogs.