Marcella Pixley teaches eighth grade language arts in Carlisle, Massachusetts. Her poetry has been published in literary journals such as Prairie Schooner, Feminist Studies, Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, and Poet Lore, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry. She has written three critically acclaimed young adult novels: Freak, Without Tess, and Ready to Fall. She lives in an antique farmhouse in Westford, Massachusetts, with her husband and two sons.