Martha Hipley is a fiction writer and essayist from Baltimore, working between Mexico City, New York, and Berlin. A member of SFWA and the Horror Writers Association, her stories have appeared in Maudlin House, VOLUME 0, and ARTWIFE, with work forthcoming in Sci Phi and L’Esprit. Her novel New Work, a literary thriller set in the New York art world, was shortlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize; she is also completing a collection of short fiction. This year she writes and directs her first one-act play in New York. Her film and video work lives at everyoneisugly.com. She teaches workshops on the practicalities of a writing life.