Priya Ele Rinkus has published short fiction and poetry in SmokeLong Quarterly, Waxwing, Passages North, the Blood Pudding, Pidgeonholes, and Hobart After Dark, among others. Her play Red Handed was performed off-Broadway at the SoHo Playhouse, and her play Rose of the World was read at the Elif Collective. She is a past reader and editor at West 10th and X-RAY literary magazines. She holds a BA from New York University.