Bryana Fern is from Tampa, Florida, where she received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida. She is a doctoral student at the Center for Writers at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she also received her master's degree and teaches first-year composition. Her work can be found in Sou'wester, USM Product, Red Mud Review, and Converge Magazine. One of her greatest ambitions in life is to return to London and see a Shakespeare tragedy at the Globe Theatre.