Barbara Drake is the author of Driving One Hundred published by Windfall Press (2009), Love at the Egyptian Theatre, What We Say to Strangers, Life in a Gothic Novel, Bees in Wet Weather, and Small Favors. Her memoir, Peace at Heart: an Oregon Country Life published by Oregon State University Press was a 1999 Oregon Book Award Finalist. Her widely used college textbook, Writing Poetry, has been in print since 1983.She earned her MFA from the University of Oregon and taught at Michigan State University before returning to Oregon to teach at Linfield College from 1983 to 2007. Now officially retired, Drake enjoys teaching workshops and occasional classes as well as frequently giving readings. The author lives on a small Yamhill County farm with her husband and their two border collies.