Judith Kleck taught literature and composition for twenty-five years at Central Washington University. Growing up in New Mexico on a ranch greatly influenced her character and her poetry. She published two poetry chapbooks: Winter Fruit (dPress, 2007) and Culling the Petals (Finishing Line Press, 2008).She went to nationals in barrel racing and roping, and loved training horses, gourmet cooking, flyfishing, and playing music.