Michele Morano, MFA, Ph.D., is a respected essayist and author, most recently of the travel memoir, Grammar Lessons: Translating a Life in Spain. Her essays have appeared in anthologies of literature and important literary journals such as Best American Essays, The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction, Georgia Review, Missouri Review and Ninth Letter. She has received numerous honors and awards for her writing from the Rona Jaffe Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council, and the American Association of University Women, among others. Dr. Morano is also a professor and chair of the English Department at DePaul University in Chicago.