Trinie Dalton lives in Los Angeles. She is author of Wide Eyed (Akashic Books, 2005), A Unicorn Is Born (Abrams Image, 2007), and co-editor of Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is (McSweeney’s, 2005), an art book based on confiscated high school notes. As a journalist, she writes about music, art, and film. She has an MFA from Bennington Writing Seminars and teaches fiction writing at various colleges.