Liz Blood is a writer, editor, curator, publisher, print designer, zine maker, tarot reader, rock climber, mother, and lifelong Oklahoman. Her work focuses on place, memory, language, and art. From 2021–2023, she was the writers assistant for seasons 2 and 3 of FX Networks’ award-winning series, “Reservation Dogs.” From 2019–2022, she was a fellow at the Tulsa Artist Fellowship and was awarded the Fellowship's Arts Integration Award to make the Creative Field Guide to Northeastern Oklahoma. The guide features the work of 50 Oklahoma artists and writers and is published by Blood’s indie publishing company, Okiebug. She serves as contributing editor at Oklahoma Today magazine, where she was formerly assistant editor, and is the former editor of both The Tulsa Voice and Art Focus. Her nonfiction has been published in Oklahoma Today, Cimarron Review, Hunger Mountain, Columbia Journal, The Tulsa Voice, and elsewhere. Blood holds an MFA in creative writing from Vermont College of Fine Art and a BA in English from Westminster College.