India Hayford

India Hayford is a naturalist, historical reenactor, teacher, and artist. Her short stories and feature articles have appeared in various regional and national publications, including Threads and Needle Arts. For the last eight years she has written The Howl, a quarterly wildlife newsletter with national distribution. She is the author of two books on embroidery design and is writing a third about Yemenite Jewish embroidery. Her short story collection, Howl, won the 2023 Neltje Blanchan Memorial Writing Award for best work inspired by nature. India lives in Wyoming with her husband, Roy.