Miss Rothe is an emerging author who is in the process of receiving her M.A. from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a focus in Creative Writing and the Teaching of Writing. Her pieces range across all genres and have appeared in Rattle, River Bluff Review, and more forthcoming. She also is the two time recipient of The Mimi Zanger Memorial Award in Fiction. Currently, Miss Rothe is working as an educator within the prison system.