Teresa Attridge is a native of San Francisco, California. A soon-to-be graduate of Mercy High School, an all-girls Catholic college preparatory, Teresa has been publishing her poetry and short stories for the past seven years in various newsletters, magazines, and books. This year, Teresa was awarded the first place CATE Award as well as an NCTE award for Outstanding Creative Writing. Most of her short stories revolve around a common theme; the cause-and-effects of isolation. Every character in her stories is based on someone she knows.