A queer poet, author, and teaching artist, Megan Falley studied English literature and creative writing at the State University of New York at New Paltz. She became a full-time touring spoken-word poet after winning the Write Bloody Open Book Competition for her debut, After the Witch Hunt (Write Bloody, 2012). Her later collections include Redhead and the Slaughter King (Write Bloody, 2014) and Drive Here and Devastate Me (Write Bloody, 2018). She co-wrote How Poetry Can Change Your Heart (Chronicle Books, 2019) with poet Andrea Gibson. Her chapbook Bad Girls, Honey won the 2015 Tired Hearts Chapbook Competition. She has been a National Poetry Slam finalist.
