Margaret Mendel  is an expat from the West Coast. She has MFA from Sarah Lawrence and has many published short stories. Fish Kicker, Mendel’s first published novel, came out in March 2014, and she anticipates the publication of her next novel, Pushing Water, in the summer of 2015. She is a killer baker and frequently makes a show-stopping summer fruit pie with a luscious crumb topping. An avid photographer, she not only drags her laptop, but also a Nikon D700 camera wherever she goes.