Victoria Waddle is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and has been included in Best Short Stories from The Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest. Her books include a collection of feminist short fiction, Acts of Contrition, and a chapbook on grief, The Mortality of Dogs and Humans. Her YA novel about a patriarchal cult, Keep Sweet, launches in June 2025. She is currently looking for a home for her novel on book banning and is working on a book about a patriarchal near-future dystopia. Formerly the managing editor of the journal Inlandia: A Literary Journey and a teacher librarian, she reviews books at School Library Lady and contributes to the Southern California News Group column Literary Journeys. She discusses both writing and library book censorship on her Substack, “Be a Cactus.” Join her there for thoughts on defiant readers and writers as well as for library censorship news.