Wilderness Sarchild is a poet and playwright. She is the co- author of Wrinkles, the Musical, a play about women and aging that premiered in 2017 and will continue to be performed on stages around the country. Wilderness is an expressive arts psychotherapist, grandmother of six, and lay worship associate at a Unitarian Meetinghouse. She is a social justice activist and consultant in conflict resolution, consensus decision making, and mediation. Wilderness lives in a cottage in the woods on Cape Cod, MA, with her husband, poet Chuck Madansky. They are surrounded by wild neighbors that include turkeys, coyote, fox, deer, squirrels, and giant snapping turtles.