Amy Guth is the founder/director of Pilcrow Lit Fest, managing editor at So New Publishing, assistant fiction editor at 42 Opus, author of Three Fallen Women (2006) and the newest member of RUI. Her work has appeared all sorts of places including The Believer, Monkeybicycle, Ninth Letter, Four Magazine, Bookslut, The Complete Meal and Outcry, among others. She blogs Bigmouth Indeed Strikes Again, makes short films and previously, she collaborated in several sketch comedy productions at Second City's training center and other improv comedy venues, and hosted/curated Chicago's Fixx Reading Series. Next, she's focusing on the next novel, volunteer disaster response and adventure races.