Ann Spiers is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Vashon Island, Washington and stewards the Vashon Poetry Post. Her poems appear widely in print and on-line in journals and anthologies. Many of her lyrics are collected as art books. Her fine-art chapbooks are in private collections and the special collections at Stanford University, the University of Washington’s Suzzallo Library, The British Library, and other libraries. She received her Master in English Literature and Creative Writing degree from the University of Washington. Back Cut is Ms. Spiers’ first book.