Katia D. Ulysse served as the Kratz WIR in 2017. She is the author of the short story collection, Drifting (Akashic), one of Teaching Tolerance’s staff picks for 2015. Born in Haiti, Ulysse was raised in Petion-Ville and New York. Her work has appeared in The Caribbean Writer, MaComère, Calabash, and the anthologies Mozayik and Brassage, both edited by Edwidge Danticat.