Dori Ostermiller grew up in California and now lives in Northampton, MA with her husband and daughters. Her work has appeared in many journals, including The Bellingham Review, Alligator Juniper, the MA Review and Chautauqua Literary Journal. She earned her MFA from the University of Massachusetts, and is the recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist's Grant. Ms. Ostermiller is the founder of Writers in Progress, a local literary arts center. Fire Weather is her first novel.