Wesley Straton was raised by Deadheads in Northern California, and currently lives in Brooklyn by way of New England, New Zealand, and Australia. She writes fiction about found families, alienation, and how where we live shapes who we are, and nonfiction about international bar culture for publications like GQ, Roads & Kingdoms, and The Counter. She received her MFA in fiction from Brooklyn College in 2019, where she also served as an editor for The Brooklyn Review.