Ally Malinenko, a long time Brooklyn resident, works as a research librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch – which has more floors underground than above. Her previous work includes the poetry books The Wanting Bone (Six Gallery Press), How to be An America (Six Gallery Press) and Better Luck Next Year (Low Ghost Press) as well as the children’s fantasy Lizzy Speare and the Cursed Tomb (Antenna Books) and the YA novel This Is Sarah (Bookfish Books).