Chloe Vaughan received a B.A. in criminology from the University of Pennsylvania, and is in the process of obtaining her MFA from Bay Path University. She lives and writes out of Western Massachusetts, and is currently working on several projects. “Milk Money” is her first published piece.
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Milk Money
Interview: Smoke & Mirrors: An Interview with Chloe Vaughan
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