Brandi Homan is editor-in-chief of Switchback Books , a feminist press that publishes poetry by women. She earned her MFA from Columbia College, Chicago, and her MA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work has appeared in (or is forthcoming from) numerous journals, including Barn Owl Review, Born Magazine, DIAGRAM, MiPOesias, Natural Bridge, North American Review, and Salt Hill.

She is originally from Iowa and writes professionally in advertising. Hard Reds was her first full-length collection of poetry. Her second collection, Bobcat Country , was published by Shearsman in 2010.