Debra Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She teaches English and Women's Studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming in Calyx, Tampa Review, Natural Bridge, The Laurel Review, RE:AL, The Southern Women's Review, The Cimarron Review, Milwaukee Magazine, Phoebe, and other publications. Debra Brenegan's novel, Shame the Devil, is a historical account of nineteenth-century American writer Fanny Fern (SUNY Press, Excelsior Editions). She is currently working on another novel, set in Missouri, and on a short story collection.