Beth Gilstrap is the author of Deadheading & Other Stories (2021), Winner of the Red Hen Press Women’s Prose Prize, and short-listed for the Stanford Libraries William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. She is also the author of I Am Barbarella: Stories (2015) from Twelve Winters Press and No Man’s Wild Laura (2016) from Hyacinth Girl Press. Born and raised near Charlotte, she recently relocated to the Charleston-metro area. She also lives with c-PTSD and is quite vocal about ending the stigma surrounding mental illness. You can find her on Instagram @BettySueBlue.
