Halli Villegas, a native Detroiter, has been living in Toronto for more than ten years. She has published two books of poetry, Red Promises (Guernica Editions, 2001) and In the Silence Absence Makes (Guernica Editions, 2004). Her chapbook, The Human Cannonball, appeared with Believe Your Own Press. She contributed the piece “Bond, Jane Bond” to the anthology Girls Who Bite Back (Sumach Press, 2004), edited by Emily Pohl-Weary. Villegas is the editor and publisher of Tightrope Books.