A. Papatya Bucak has published stories, poems, and essays in a variety of literary magazines, including The Kenyon Review, Glimmer Train, Prairie Schooner, Pank and The Fairy Tale Review. Her short story, “The History of Girls,” originally published in Witness, was selected for the 2013 PEN/O.Henry Prize Stories; and her short story, “Iconography,” originally published in The Iowa Review , was selected for the 2014 Pushcart Prize. She was the recipient of a 2005 Individual Artist’s Fellowship from the State of Florida, and has been a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook Farm. She was born in Istanbul, Turkey.