PAMELA STEELE holds an MFA in Poetry from Spaulding University (2004). Her books are Paper Bird: Poems (Wordcraft, 2007) and Greasewood Creek, (Counterpoint, 2011). In addition to publication in numerous poetry publications, Steele has been awarded residencies and fellowships by the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA; the Hindman Settlement Schools, Oak Ledge, in Knott County, KY; the Jentel Artist program in Banner, WY; and Fishtrap's Literary Arts Gathering in Joseph, OR. Pamela Steele lives on a ranch in the high desert of Eastern Oregon.