Poet & children's author (Reeni's Turn, 2020). Recipient of multiple Illinois Arts Council Grants for WIPs. Fiction and poetry published & forthcoming in numerous journals and literary magazines. Edits/critiques queries & picture books for clarity & conciseness. Surprised, moved, and awed by the objects, imprints, living creatures, and natural wonders of being alive on the earth, and by memories that burn and comfort, she writes poetry to mark and give meaning to the tender journey through life.