Author of the debut novel Twelfth House (Seaburn Classics), and Shaded Pergola (Tropaeum Press), a collection of haiku and short poetry featuring her original illustrations, E.C. Traganas has published in The San Antonio Review, The Brussels Review, Story Sanctum, The Society of Classical Poets, Amethyst Review and over a hundred other journals. She enjoys a professional career as a Juilliard-trained concert pianist and composer, has held over 40 national exhibitions of her artwork, is the founder/director of Woodside Writers, a NYC-based literary forum, and Editor-in-Chief of The Woodside Review.