Diane K. Martin lives in West County, Sonoma, California. Her work has appeared in PLUME, American Poetry Review, diode, Field, Harvard Review, Laurel Review, Narrative, Rhino, Tin House, and many other journals. A poem was awarded second place in the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize, judged by B.H. Fairchild. Another poem received a Pushcart Special Mention, and yet another won first prize from the journal Smartish Pace. Her first book, Conjugated Visits, a National Poetry Series finalist, was published by Dream Horse Press. Her second collection, Hue & Cry, was published by MadHat Press.