Rhonda DeChambeau is a writer and poet who grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, where she benefited from many generous teachers who encouraged her love of words and passion for writing. She went on to study English at Harvard University, and later earned her master’s in fine arts from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. After twenty-seven years as a civil servant in the federal workforce, Rhonda recently took advantage of early retirement to pursue writing full time. A lover of libraries, Rhonda was honored to serve as the 2022-2023 Associates of the Boston Public Library Writer-in-Residence, during which time she wrote and sold her debut novel, Top Heavy, a young adult novel in verse about a fifteen-year-old girl who feels like she may capsize under the weight of her own chest.