Penelope S. Hawtrey lives in Ottawa, Canada where she can be found at home buried beneath mountains of paper containing various short stories and a manuscript for a middle grade novel. However, not all the stories are on paper: many of them can be found on her blog called, Tortuous Tales where she writes, whatever. www.tortuoustales.com

Other stories have found homes in literary journals such as Potluck Magazine, The Commonline Journal, The Furious Gazelle, and The Scarlet Leaf Review. Between writing projects, she barely keeps up with the dishes, occasionally remembers to buy milk, and attempts to spend at least half-hour each day with her neglected husband and dog.