Stephanie Lane Sutton was born in Detroit. Her poetry and prose has appeared in The Adroit Journal, Black Warrior Review, Heavy Feather Review, The Offing, Prairie Schooner, and others. She is the author of two chapbooks, Shiny Insect Sex (Bull City Press, 2019) and Girl God (Pitymilk Press, 2025). She has an MFA in creative writing from the University of Miami, where she served as the managing editor of Sinking City.