Carolyn Schultz-Rathbun lives in a forest of Douglas firs in rural Washington State, drives a rattling Mini Cooper that will never see 200 thousand miles again, and loves a dog named Jack. Her essays, fiction, feature stories, and regular columns have appeared in various publications including Seattle Review, Vancouver Voice, Water~Stone Review, and Yemassee, and she is former editor of Spring Hill Review, a journal of Pacific Northwest arts and current issues. Her collection of essays toward a theology of suffering, Goodbye, Little One, is published by Crosswater Books. Find her on Twitter at @CarolynSchultz-R.