Judy Halebsky was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now lives in Oakland, California. Her first book, "Sky=Empty" won the New Issues Prize and was a finalist for the California Book Award. Her chapbook, "Space/Gap/Interval/Distance" won the Poets-Under-Forty award from Sixteen Rivers Press. On a fellowship from the Japanese Ministry of Culture, she trained in Noh theatre and Butoh dance in Japan for five years. The MacDowell Colony, the Millay Colony, and the Canada Council for the Arts have supported her work. She teaches poetry and creative writing at Dominican University of California. Her most recent collection, "Tree Line" was published by New Issues in 2014.