Heather Luby grew up in the Ozark Mountains running barefoot and writing stories.
In addition to being a writer, Heather enjoys being on the Editorial Board for The Midwest Review and a fiction reader for River Styx Magazine. She also enjoys teaching the craft of writing to students and audiences across the midwest; past engagements include University of Wisconsin-Madison, Weekend With Your Novel Writing Retreat, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis Writers Workshop, and more. She is the former Managing Editor of The Citron Review and former podcast co-host of Firsts in Fiction with writer Aaron Gansky. Heather holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles.