Elizabeth Bernays grew up in Australia then studied agricultural pests in developing countries. After being professor of entomology at the University of California Berkeley and Regents’ professor at the University of Arizona, she also obtained a MFA in creative writing. She publishes in a variety of literary journals and has won several awards including the 2007 X.J. Kennedy nonfiction prize for “Flying with Lepidoptera.” Website: elizabethbernays.com.