Storm Tide

Marge Piercy (b. 1936) is the author of nineteen poetry collections, including The Hunger Moon and Made in Detroit, and seventeen novels, including the New York Times bestseller Gone to Soldiers and He, She and It, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award for science fiction. She has also written a memoir, Sleeping with Cats; a collection of short stories, The Cost of Lunch, Etc.; and five nonfiction books. A champion of feminism, antiwar, and ecological movements, Piercy often includes political themes in her work and features strong female characters who challenge traditional gender roles. Her book of poetry The Moon Is Always Female is considered a seminal feminist text. Piercy's other works include Woman on the Edge of Time, The Longings of Women, and City of Darkness, City of Light. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband, radio personality and author Ira Wood, with whom she cowrote the novel Storm Tide.

Ira Wood (b. 1950) is the author of three novels, the comic memoir You're Married to Her?, and So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir, which was coauthored by Marge Piercy, with whom he created Leapfrog Press. Wood's talk show, The Lowdown, addresses politics, books, and national trends. It airs on WOMR-FM, the Pacifica network affiliate on Cape Cod. Visit him online at irawood.com.