Chrys Tobey (she/her) is a poet and writer whose work has appeared in The Sun, Ploughshares, Rattle, New Ohio Review, The Minnesota Review, The Cincinnati Review, and elsewhere. Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and featured in Verse Daily. Her first book of poetry, A Woman is a Woman is a Woman is a Woman, was published in 2017 from Steel Toe Books.  Chrys lives in Portland, Oregon, with her rockstar lady-love, stepcats, and dog of ten years.