Judith H. Montgomery holds a PhD in American Literature from Syracuse University. Montgomery's poems appear in many literary journals and anthologies. She's been awarded fellowships in poetry from Literary Arts and the Oregon Arts Commission; residencies from Playa, Hypatia-in-the-Woods, and Caldera; and prizes from the Bellingham Review, Persimmon Tree, and elsewhere. Her first chapbook, Passion, received the 2000 Oregon Book Award for Poetry. She is also the author of Red Jess and Litany for Wound and Bloom.