Diane K. Martin is the author of Conjugated Visits (Dream Horse, 2010), a finalist for The National Poetry Series. Her poetry appeared in Best New Poets 2005 (Virginia) and was awarded second place in the Nimrod/Hardman Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry. Her poetry has also received a Pushcart Special Mention and was a semifinalist for “Discovery”/The Nation. She lives in San Francisco and works as a technical writer and editor. [bio updated 2011]