Kayla Heisler is a writer and story-shaper. She holds an MFA from Columbia University, where she was a Creative Writing Fellow. Her work appears or is forthcoming in Majuscule, Pleiades, Cleveland Review of Books, and elsewhere.

Kayla has over a decade of writing, editing, and living-in-New York experience. Her writing has been supported by the Carolyn Moore Writer's House, Hambidge Center for Arts and Sciences, Sundress Academy for the Arts, and GrubStreet Center for Creative Writing.

When she's not working on her essay collection or newsletter, she's helping smart people sound smart by shaping their stories.