Carrie Newberry studied creative writing at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She chose to walk away from academia without her degree, when she discovered they would no longer let her take writing workshops for credit. Now a Madison dog groomer by day, Carrie is also a member of the faculty at AllWriters' Workplace and Workshop, an international creative writing studio based in Waukesha, Wisconsin. AllWriters' allows her to take as many writing workshops as she wishes and even lets her teach some of them! She lives in Madison with two lovable but obnoxious cats, one who is a potted plant serial killer, and another who spends the wee hours of the morning chirping louder than the birds.