Lorraine Hanlon Comanor is a former U.S. figure skating champion and U.S. team member. A graduate of Harvard University, Stanford University School of Medicine, and the Bennington Writing Seminars, she is a board-certified anesthesiologist and author or co-author of 35 medical publications. Her personal essays have appeared in the NER (Pushcart Nomination), Boulevard (Notable BAEs 2020) New Letters (Notable BAEs 2023), Ravens Perch, Ruminate, Gold Man Review, Writing Disorder, Book of Matches, Deep Wild, Consequence, Creation, MicroLitAlmanac, Joyland Magazine, The Healing Muse, Unstamatic, In press Litro, Talking River, and The Rumpus.