Alison Clement is the author of Pretty Is As Pretty Does (MacAdam Cage, 2001), which was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers choice and a BookSense selection. Her second book, Twenty Questions (Washington Square Press, 2006), won the Oregon Book Award for Best Novel. Her work has appeared in The Sun, High Country News, Salon, Calyx and The Alaska Quarterly Review. Alison grew up in South Carolina and Georgia. She lives now in Oregon.