JULIET ESCORIA is the author of You Are the Snake (Soft Skull, 2024) and Witch Hunt and Black Cloud: New and Collected Works (CLASH Books, 2023). She is the recipient of a fellowship from the Giancarlo DiTrapano Foundation for Literature and the Arts, and her work has been translated into many languages. Her writing can be found in places such as The Southwest Review, VICE, Hotel, BOMB, and the New York Times. She was born in Australia, raised in San Diego, and currently lives in West Virginia.