Rebecca Winning grew up in Springfield, Illinois. She received a BA in English from DePauw University in 1974, attended creative writing classes at Sangamon State University, and received an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Denver in 1979. Her book, A Cure for Backache and Other Poems was published in the Sangamon Poets series in 1977; a second book, A Marriage Pact and Other Poems was published by Moonsquilt Press in 1983. For thirty years, she worked in large corporations doing Investor Relations; for the last ten years of her career, she did Community Engagement and Strategy for Jefferson County Public Library. Now retired, she lives in Littleton, Colorado with her husband Jack, and is able to devote more time to her writing. Learn more at RebeccaWinningWriter.wordpress.com.