Lauren W. Westerfield is the author of Depth Control: Essays & Autofictions, a hybrid collection forthcoming in 2025 from Unsolicited Press. Her essays and poetry have most recently appeared in FENCE, Seneca Review, Willow Springs, Denver Quarterly, Indiana Review, and Ninth Letter. She teaches Creative Writing in the English department at Washington State University, where she serves as the editor-in-chief of Blood Orange Review. She is also the outgoing nonfiction/hybrid editor at Split/Lip Press. Lauren holds a MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the University of Idaho and is the recipient of a 2022 Fellowship in Literature from the Idaho Commission on the Arts. She lives in Spokane, Washington.
