Yvonne Zipter is the author of the historical novel Infraction, the nonfiction books Ransacking the Closet and Diamonds Are a Dyke’s Best Friend, the poetry collections Kissing the Long Face of the Greyhound, The Patience of Metal, and Like Some Bookie God, and a number of short stories, including “Günther’s Wife,” which won first place in LitPot ezine eclectic’s Flash Fiction Contest, and “Third Date,” which was selected for Best Lesbian Love Stories, 2005. In 2020, she appeared briefly in the documentary A Secret Love and provided some of the narration. Her published poems are currently being sold in two poetry-vending machines in Chicago, the proceeds from which are donated to a nonprofit arts organization called Arts Alive Chicago. She holds an MFA in Fiction Writing from Vermont College. She is retired from the University of Chicago Press, where she was a manuscript editor.