Lindsey DeLoach Jones is a professional writer, editor, and teacher in Greenville. She earned a BA and an MA in English and an MFA in nonfiction from Seattle Pacific University. She has taught literature and fiction writing at Clemson University and served as Editor-in-Chief of Emrys Journal and Edible Upcountry. Her essays have been published in Paste, South Carolina Review, Literary Mama, Relief, and Ruminate. She was awarded the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. The prize-winning essay has since become her first memoir-in-progress.