Krista Jahnke’s short fiction has appeared in Raleigh Review, X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine, The Northwest Review, Peatsmoke Journal and elsewhere. She is a 2022 alumni of the Tin House Writers Workshop. Formerly a journalist with the Detroit Free Press, she works in the nonprofit communications sector. She holds a BA degree in journalism from Michigan State University and a certificate in Social Impact Storytelling from Georgetown University.

She lives with her husband, two sons and Linguini the cat in metro Detroit.