Traci O' Dea earned an MA and MFA from Johns Hopkins University. She is a poetry editor for the literary journals Smartish Pace and MOKO: Caribbean Arts and Letters. Her poetry has been published in Poetry Daily, Literary Matters, 32 Poems, The Jersey Evening Post, and elsewhere. This collection is published with the support of ArtHouse Jersey.

Self-taught visionary artist Tommy O'Dea uses as part of his recovery from addiction. He refers to himself as a "glue artist," layering glues and epoxies, creating richly textured surfaces often augmented with acrylic paint, sea glass, and glitter. He is Traci's father. He lives in Baltimore.