Born and raised on Mount Desert Island, Audrey Minutolo-Le teaches writing and literature at the University of Maine. She is the author of poetry, plays, essays, and travel literature. Her nonfiction work has been published by Down East Books, Down East magazine, and Habitat: Magazine of the Maine Audubon Society. Her poetry has been published with The Poet's Corner, and her plays have been presented at The Women's College in Sydney, Australia and the May Sinclair Society at the University of Sheffield, England. She divides her time between Hampden, Maine, and California.