Gloria Nixon-John earned an M.A. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Journalism from Wayne State University and a Ph.D. in English from Michigan State University. Gloria's novel The Killing Jar is based on the story of one of the youngest Americans to have served on death row. Her memoir, Learning from Lady Chatterley is written in narrative verse and set in Detroit. Breath me a Sky, a chapbook of her poems was published by the Moonstone Arts Center of Philadelphia. She has also published essays in pedagogical texts for teachers and essays and poems about gardening and horses. She is a Teacher Consultant for the Red Cedar Writing Project (MSU). She is currently working on a fantasy novel, as well as a sequel to her memoir. Gloria resides in Oxford, Michigan with her horses, dogs, cats, abundant wildlife, and her husband, Michael.