Laurie Ember is a Duolingo-addicted, Best-of-the-Net-nominated writer whose work has appeared in Hotch Potch Literature & Art, Tahoma Literary Review, The Citron Review, Lunch Ticket, Northern Indiana Literary Journal, and more. After 39 years in LA, she now lives and writes in New York City, just up the street from her grandkids. @laurieember, @l_ember