Claire WeinerClaire Weiner was born in Chicago and raised in the Chicago suburbs. She attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and then received a master's in social work from the University of Chicago. Except for adecade in Los Angeles, she has spent most of her adult life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She spent her decades-long, non-writing career working as a psychotherapist, helping people make more sense of their life stories. She began writing in earnest when her children were grown. Her work has been published in After Hours Press, Burningwood Literary Review, Uppagus, Muddy River Poetry Review, Pennisula Poets, Bear River Review and others. She and her husband now split their time between Michigan and Arizona, grateful to be surrounded by natural beauty in both places. Read More Read Less