chelsea martin "studied" art and writing at california college of the arts (though she holds no degree because she owes $300 in tuition)

both her first book, everything was fine until whatever (future tense, 2009) and her second, the really funny thing about apathy (sunnyoutside, 2010), continue to be huge sources of stress for chelsea, particularly when someone asks her what her books are about or if they're poetry or what, or when someone quotes something from one of them to her and she doesn't recognize it as her own writing

she is currently living in oakland, california and working on something angry

also, she is the creative director at universal error