Patrycia Jones-Smyth is an accomplished lecturer and used car salesperson. She began her career in poetry after graduating cum laude from the University of Greater Kingman Arizona, where she played a large role in establishing the Department of Pre-Post-Feminist Studies. She is currently working on a new book of verse entitled My Heart, My Heart, Please Have Some Words With My Inflamed Liver. She lives alone with her cats Snowball, Muffins, Pookie, Fluffy, Giorgio, Claudia, Ringo, Snowball II, and Muffins II.