Trista Mateer is a writer and artist who used to move three times a year but has finally settled down by the sea in New Jersey with some cats and some poets. She won the Goodreads Choice Award for poetry for her collection The Dogs I Have Kissed. Her bestselling collection Honeybee hit shelves in the spring of 2018 to critical acclaim and glowing reviews from readers. Mateer's most recent collection of poetry, dragonhearts, was cowritten with poets Amanda Lovelace and Nikita Gill and was published in January 2019. Mateer is currently focusing on making art however it comes out, whether poetry or prose or literal hands-in-paint art. You can follow her on Instagram @tristamateer and visit her website at tristamateer.com.