Miranda Williams is a writer from New Mexico who currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona. When she’s not writing, you may find her lurking in local coffee shops, gushing over beatnik poets, or hanging out with her best friend (a.k.a Roxy the pitbull). Her work appears in Alluvian magazine, West Trade Review, and Passages magazine. Additionally, her awards include the Paulette Schlosser Writing Award, the Arizona State University Homecoming Writing Award, and the Glendon Swarthout Award in fiction; she also placed second in fiction in the Maricopa District Writing Contest and received an honorable mention in poetry. Find her on Instagram @mirandaiswriting.