Contributors with Profiles — Page 6

Snigdha Agrawal, a septuagenarian with a deep-rooted love for literature and culture, was raised in a cosmopolitan environment that nurtured an appreciation for both Eastern and Western traditions. Educated at the prestigious Loreto institutions under the guidance of Irish nuns, she developed a passion for writing from an early age.

Dabbling in poetry, fiction and nonfiction, Terri Edwards (Terrifried) holds down a job as an English teacher in Japan, where she has lived since 1988.

Ferris E Jones is an internationally published poet and screenwriter who lives in Puyallup, Washington.

Prithvijeet Sinha, a proud resident of the cultural epicenter that is Lucknow. His prolific published credits encompass poetry, musings on the city, cinema, anthologies, journals of national and international repertoire as well as a blog.

April Mae M. Berza is the author of poems and short stories appearing in numerous publications in America, France, Canada, Belgium, Romania, India, Japan, Great Britain, and the Philippines. She currently resides in Taguig, Philippines.

Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director and worked as an art dealer when he couldn't earn a living in the theater. His chapbook 'Remembrance' was published by Origami Condom Press and 'The Conquest of Somalia' was published by Cervena Barva Press.

I have returned to my homeland of mountains with woods thick as hair and rivers choked pink with spawning salmon. Every waking minute in this fertile land is an inspiration to capture its essence.

Frank De Canio was born and bred in New Jersey, He worked for many years in New York City. He loves music from Bach to Shakira to Amy Winehouse.

John Paulits is a former New York City teacher. You are invited to visit his website www.johnpaulits.com for more information on his twelve children's novels and five adult novels.

Dr. Paramita Mukherjee Mullick lives in Mumbai, India. She is a scientist, a globally loved, award winning poet; author, editor and literary curator.

Sam Gridley's fiction and satire have appeared in numerous magazines in print and online. His novel "The Big Happiness" is available for download at his website, Gridleyville. A new novel, "The Shame of What We Are," is forthcoming from New Door Books.

Dr. Supatra Sen, currently Associate Professor in a reputed Kolkata college is a veteran academician, teaching and researching in the fields of Botany and Environment. Her 125 odd publications as international books, papers and reviews are chiefly in her parent subject.

Sushant Thapa has published nine books of English poetry, and a collection of flash fiction and short stories titled "The One Rupee Taker and Other Stories." He has also translated a book of poems by Nepalese Poet Kamal Dhungana entitled “Dark Shadows.” He is an English lecturer in Biratnagar, Nepal.

Ursula is an Oregon poet. Published poems can be seen hard copy in The Avocet, online at Academy of the Heart, Piker Press, Ron Horton's Nature Writing.com and the Oregon Poetry Association.

Alexis Rhone Fancher is published in Best American Poetry 2016, Rattle, Hobart, and elsewhere. Her photographs are published worldwide. She is poetry editor of Cultural Weekly.

Aneek Chatterjee is a poet and academic from Kolkata, India. He has been published in reputed literary magazines and poetry anthologies across the globe.

April has been writing for almost five years, getting inspiration from various experiences seen by the eyes of a thinker. The purpose of her creativity is urging people to see beyond the bounds, to be themselves, to speak their minds loud, not to be afraid to differ from the crowd. She creates to destroy. To destroy the naive beliefs. To destroy the stereotypes.

Cody L. Stanford lives in Overland Park, Kansas. He attended the University of Missouri at Kansas City and is fascinated by the arts, history, politics, mythology, and other elements that shape the forces and foibles of human nature. His stories have appeared in "The New Orphic Review", "The Circle", and "Eyes". When not writing, he often spends time working with tigers and other exotic cats at a nearby feline conservation park.

D. Marie Fitzgerald is the author of five books. She hosts a monthly authors series in Palm Springs, California featuring local authors. She is a retired English and creative writing instructor and lives in Palm Springs, California.

DS Maolalaí has been described by one editor as "a cosmopolitan poet" and another as "prolific, bordering on incontinent."

Giovanni Mangiante is a poet from Lima, Peru. He has work published in Newington Blue Press, Rusty Truck, The Daily Drunk, Anti-Heroin Chic, Heroin Love Songs, Rat's Ass Review, Three Rooms Press, Fearsome Critters, and more. In writing, he found a way to cope with BPD.

The author is a thirty-five-year veteran writer. He enjoys traveling and living life on the edge.

Jack Henry lives in seclusion in the high desert of SE California amongst the tumbleweeds and creosote plants. During short breaks from drinking, camping, hiking, working, dreaming, sweating, chasing, and sleeping he writes the occasion poem.

Jeffrey Zable is a teacher, conga drummer/percussionist who plays Afro-Cuban folkloric music for dance classes and rumbas around the San Francisco Bay Area, and a writer of poetry, flash fiction, and non-fiction.

Grochalski currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, where the garbage can smell like roses if you wish on it hard enough.