Vonnie Winslow Crist, MS Professional Writing from Towson University, has taught creative writing for Harford Community College and for Maryland State Arts Council's Artist-in-Education Program. She is author-illustrator of Leprechaun Cake & Other Tales (children's book), Essential Fables (poetry), and River of Stars (poetry), and editor of two science fiction/ fantasy/ horror anthologies.

Among the publications where her fiction has appeared are: Tales of the Talisman, Dancing Shadow Review, Bone Marrow Review, Aoife's Kiss, Macabre (England), SF Spectrum (England), First Word Bulletin (Spain), www.spacewesterns.com and the anthology: Great Writers - Great Stories. Additional stories are set to appear in Dia de los Muertos, Ensorcelled Magazine, and Echelon Shorts.

Currently, Vonnie is writing Harford's Heart Magazine's “Writer's Block” column, illustrating for The Vegetarian Journal, and editing The Gunpowder Review. She is a Writer & Illustrator member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators, a Letters & Art member of the National League of American Pen Women, an avid JRR Tolkien fan, and a firm believer in the magical world that surrounds us! Visit her at www.vonniewinslowcrist.com or check out one of her blogs.