Gayle Wattawa, thoroughly addicted to contemporary literature, always carries with her a well-worn public library card and a relentless weakness for book reviews, literary journals, and lit news blogs. She is the founding editor of the New California Writing series and editor of Inlandia: A Literary Journey through California’s Inland Empire. As Heyday’s acquisitions and editorial director, she has supervised the assemblage of a half-dozen other literary anthologies as well.