Suzanne Buffam is the author of two collections of poetry, Past Imperfect and The Irrationalist. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Jeannette Heian Ballard Writers' Trust. She lives in Chicago with her husband, the poet Srikanth Reddy, and their daughter. Her third collection, A Pillow Book, is forthcoming from Canarium Books in the U.S. and House of Anansi in Canada in 2016.