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She has been published in \u003cem\u003eMountain Astrology,\u003c\/em\u003e as well as \u003cem\u003eThe Pharos,\u003c\/em\u003e the Alpha\/Omega\/Alpha Honor Medical Society publication.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDonna Ayock Meares\u003c\/strong\u003e is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, currently living with her husband in Grass Valley, California. Having worked as a social worker, she pursued her interests in writing after the birth of her first child. She engages in volunteer work, and enjoys bonsai gardening, genealogy, Zumba, and baking seedy sourdough bread. Donna has been published in\u003cem\u003e Whiskey Blot Literary Journal, Home Life, Romantic Hearts Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThelma Literary Journal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJudie Rae\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Walter Rabinowitz.\u003c\/em\u003e Her poems have appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, among them \u003cem\u003eNimrod, Wisconsin Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e Mudfish.\u003c\/em\u003e She is the author of two chapbooks, \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Roses\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHowling Down the Moon.\u003c\/em\u003e Her essays have appeared in \u003cem\u003eTahoe Quarterly, The Sacramento Bee,\u003c\/em\u003e as well as online at San Francisco’s NPR station, KQED. Judie taught college English classes for twenty-seven years at various colleges throughout California. A Canadian, she now lives in Nevada City, California, a landscape reminiscent of her grandmother’s home on the Ottawa River, where Judie spent her childhood summers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThelma T. Reyna\u003c\/strong\u003e’s books have won 22 national and international literary awards. She has written six books, edited three anthologies featuring about 200 authors, and co-edited the new book, \u003cem\u003eDoctor Poets and Other Healers\u003c\/em\u003e (2022). For over thirty years, her fiction, poetry, and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, textbooks, blogs, and regional media, both in print and online. She served as Poet Laureate in Altadena, California from 2014-2016, and was a Pushcart Nominee in Poetry in 2017. She is founder and Chief Editor of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eGolden Foothills Press,\u003c\/em\u003e based in Pasadena, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEllen Dooling Reynard\u003c\/strong\u003e spent her childhood on a cattle ranch in Jackson, Montana. A one-time editor of\u003cem\u003e Parabola Magazine,\u003c\/em\u003e she is retired and lives in Grass Valley, California. She is the author of two chapbooks, \u003cem\u003eNo Batteries Required\u003c\/em\u003e (Yellow Arrow Publishing) and \u003cem\u003eDouble Stream\u003c\/em\u003e (South Forty Press). She has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Solinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e raised her family in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, on land inhabited by the Northern California Nisenan Tribe for thousands of years. Since childhood, she has painted and drawn, taken photographs, traveled, and written stories and poems about the wonders and heartbreak of life and love. A good, formal education helped hone her creativity. The world continues to inspire and bewilder her as she watches her grandchildren grow into young adults and the land regenerate year after year. Susan has been published in\u003cem\u003e Canary, Dharma Stream Magazine, Writing for our Lives, Wild Duck Review,\u003c\/em\u003e and other publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Warden\u003c\/strong\u003e has lived many places throughout her life, each providing a wealth of material for her poems. Early on she taught elementary school, where she discovered the power of story. She became a professional storyteller, sharing fairy tales, legends, and myths with audiences of all ages. Later in life she found herself writing poetry in response to music. She has continued her interest in the art, honing her craft while living in Grass Valley, California. 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