Glori Simmons is the author of the story collections, Carry You and Suffering Fools, and the book of poems, Graft. Glori grew up in eastern Washington and received a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from the University of Michigan. She has lived in Seattle, Tokyo, Ann Arbor, and San Francisco. She currently lives in Oakland, California, and is the director of the Thacher Gallery at the University of San Francisco.
