Marissa Bell Toffoli lives in Berkeley, California where she works as an editor, poet, and creative writing teacher. She holds an MFA in Writing from California College of the Arts, where she focused her work on poetry. In 2011, TheWriteDeal published an e‑chapbook of her poems, Under the Jacaranda. You can read her interviews with authors at http://wordswithwriters.com. When not reading or writing, Toffoli loves to travel, and kick back watching Bollywood movies.
