Theresa Griffin Kennedy is a native Portlander with a strong connection to her Pacific Northwest heritage. A graduate of Portland State University, she has been published in The Rumpus, Pathos Literary Review, Portland Monthly Magazine, the Portland Alliance newspaper and the Street Roots newspaper. Her first book of fiction, Burnside Field Lizard and Selected Stories, was selected as a finalist for the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Award. Kennedy lives in Portland with her husband, Don DuPay.