Jamie McGillen holds an M.A. in English from Northern Arizona University, and a B.A. in English, from Western Washington University. She has worked as a technical editor for a defense contractor, and then as an English Instructor at Highline College. She is also the author of the Rainier Series, which is historical fiction set in the Pacific Northwest. 

Her poems and essays have been published in Rust + Moth, Marathon Literary Review, The Raven Chronicles ...