Kristen Hanley Cardozo is a writer, editor, and instructor based in the SF Bay Area. Her work has appeared in The Toast, Catapult, Electric Literature, and The Establishment, among others.

She received her PhD in English from the University of California, Davis, with a designated emphasis in feminist theory. Her research deals with race, gender, animality, history, and textual analysis. She lives with her husband and kids, a mess of books, and a unsettingly large collection of yarn.