Mercedes Webb-Pullman started writing because she hates knitting, and graduated from the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University Wellington New Zealand with her MA in Creative Writing in 2011. Her poems, and the odd short story, have appeared online (Danse Macabre, Turbine, 4th Floor, Swamp, Reconfigurations, The Electronic Bridge, Bone Orchard Poetry) and in print (Mana magazine, Poets to the People; Poetry from Lembas Cafe 2009, The Readstrange Collection 2010, Numeralla Dreaming and After the Danse 2012 ). She won the Wellington Cafe Poetry contest in 2010 and wrote a foreword for their collection of 2012 contest entrants, which included another of her poems. Her lucky number is 8. Blue.