Miranda Field was born in North London, UK and came to the US as an undergraduate. She currently lives in New York City. Married to poet Tom Thompson, with whom she has two children, she teaches poetry (and occasionally fiction) at NYU, Barnard, the New School, and in individual sessions, privately. She is the author of two collections: Imaginary Royalty (Four Way Books, 2017) and Swallow (Houghton Mifflin, 2002).