Antoinette Constable has been published in Louisville Review, Sierra Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Willow Review, California Quarterly, El Portal, and anthologies. Two of her essays have won internationalawards. She studied with Linda Watanabe McFerrin, David St. John, and Ellery Akers. Raised in France during WWII, Antoinette has worked as a registered nurse in the UK and the United States. Now retired, she enjoys traveling, inventing recipes, collecting copper items, and learning Russian. She writes under the pen name Toinette.