Audrey joined eps after many years in higher education. While a doctoral student, she studied contemporary American fiction, and this disciplinary background now informs her editorial work with Pens and Needles. “I recognize the power and complexity of stories, and I strive to provide readers with narratives that do justice to the complicated, contradictory experiences of living with diabetes.” To hone her skills as a writer, she reads widely. Her nightstand is invariably stacked with biographies, mysteries, popular science texts, graphic novels, and classics.