Sharon Bryan
Sharon Bryan was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She holds a BA from the University of Utah, an MA from Cornell University, and an MFA from the University of Iowa. Bryan is the author of four poetry collections, most recently Sharp Stars (BOA Editions, 2009), winner of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Poetry Award. She has been awarded two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and lives in Seattle, Washington.