Lucy Anderton holds an undergraduate degree in jazz composition from Berklee College of Music. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Poets and Writers, and was awarded the Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award in 2000, She has represented Chicago at the National Poetry Slam in 2000 and 2001 as a member of the Mad Bar/VVicker Park Siam team. Herwork has appeared in New York Quarteriy, Another Chicago Magazine, Rhino, After Hours and several anthologies, She has been a landscaper, horseback riding instructor, Parisian runway model, concert Security guard, actor, waitress, house painter, screenwriter, hip hop dancer, construction worker and Muse. At the end of the day, she writes.