Dion Lissner O'Reilly’s books include Limerence, finalist for The Floating Bridge John Pierce Competition for Washington State Poets;  Sadness of the Apex Predator (University of Wisconsin Cornerstone Press 2024), and Ghost Dogs (Terrapin 2020). Her work appears in Rattle, New Ohio Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Missouri Review, and RHINO. Most recently, her work was chosen as one of the winners of the 17th Annual Narrative Poetry Prize. A podcaster at The Hive Poetry Collective, private workshop facilitator, co-editor and podcaster for En•Trance Journal, she splits her time between a ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains and a residence in Bellingham, Washington.