About

Afton earned her MFA in nonfiction at University of Idaho, where she was editor in chief of Fugue. Formerly, Afton was the frontlist buyer at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver, where she learned to love books as a kid. She has guided backpacking trips all over the Sierras, worked in an island laboratory off the coast of Southern California, and traveled all over the world studying end-of-life care. Her writing work has been graciously supported by Centrum, Lighthouse, and Fine Arts Work Center. She calls Colorado home.