Tina Tyrrell has been a resident of Northern Nevada for 50 years after coming from her birthplace in northern California. She established her professional career in Nevada state government and raised two children, Joseph and Nicole Mund.
Suzanne Roberts is the author of four collections of poetry: Shameless (2007), Nothing to You (2008), Three Hours to Burn a Body (Cherry Grove Collections, 2011), and Plotting Temporality (Pecan Grove Press, 2011).