Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, World of Wonders, which was chosen as Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year and named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. She has published four poetry collections and, with Ross Gay, wrote the chapbook Lace & Pyrite. Nezhukumatathil is the poetry editor for SIERRA magazine and professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her family. Aimee Nezhukumatathil is the author of the New York Times best-selling illustrated collection of nature essays, World of Wonders, which was chosen as Barnes and Noble's Book of the Year and named a finalist for the Kirkus Prize. She has published four poetry collections and, with Ross Gay, wrote the chapbook Lace & Pyrite. Nezhukumatathil is the poetry editor for SIERRA magazine and professor of English and Creative Writing in the University of Mississippi's MFA program. She lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her family.