Denise S. Robbins’s debut novel, The Unmapping, will be published in June from Bindery Books. She is from Madison, Wisconsin, the city where she grew up and to which she returned after sixteen years of living and working in climate activism on the East Coast. The former communications director at the notable Chesapeake Climate Action Network, she continues to work as a consultant for several climate advocacy groups. In Madison, she lives with her husband in a yellow house circled by oaks and pines and two owls. She is a Pushcart Prize–nominated author whose stories have been published in literary journals including The Barcelona Review, Gulf Coast, and more. Learn more at www.denisesrobbins.com.