A. P. Howell has worked as an archivist, ice cream scooper, webmaster, and data wrangler. She lives with her spouse, their two kids, and a dog who hates groundhogs, close enough to Philadelphia to complain about SEPTA while enjoying an abundance of good cheesesteaks. Her short fiction has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Eighteen: Stories of Mischief and Mayhem, and Community of Magic Pens, and she can be found online at aphowell.com.