Jeanne Larsen's first book, James Cook in Search of Terra Incognita, won the AWP award in poetry. She has published WHAT PENELOPE CHOOSES, WHY WE MAKE GARDENS [& OTHER POEMS], four novels, and two collections of translations of poetry by women of Tang- era China. The recipient of grants and awards from the Japan/US Friendship commission, the NEA, the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, and others, she teaches in the Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins University.