Kirsten Jones Neff is a writer, filmmaker, gardening teacher and poet who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. A graduate of Stanford University, she also holds a Masters degree in Journalism from University of California, Berkeley. Her film credits include several PBS-aired and award-winning documentaries, such as Absolutely Positive, A Job At Ford’s (hour one of WGBH’s The Great Depression series), Black Is…Black Ain’t, An American Nile (hour one of the Cadillac Desert series), Skin Deep and the accompanying curriculum guide Talking About Race (an Iris Films production) and other award-winning films. Her debut collection of poetry, When The House Is Quiet, won the 2009 Starting Gate Prize from Finishing Line Press.