Vicki Mayk is a writer, teacher and editor whose work has appeared in Ms Magazine, Hippocampus, Literary Mama, The Manifest-Station, and the anthology Air, published by Hippocampus Magazine and Books. Her book, Growing Up on the Gridiron: Football, Friendship and the Tragic Life of Owen Thomas, was published by Beacon Press. She teaches adult nonfiction workshops. She earned an MFA in nonfiction from the Maslow Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University.