Sandra Tyler is the author of novels Blue Glass, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and After Lydia. She is the founder and editor in chief of the renowned literary and fine art magazine, The Woven Tale Press. She earned her BA from Amherst College, and her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, and has taught creative writing at Columbia University, NY; Wesleyan University, CT; and Manhattanville College, NY. Her memoir The Night Garden: of My Mother is forthcoming from Pierian Springs Press.