Adam Donaldson Powell (USA-Norway) has published several books previously, including novels/novellas, poetry, literary criticism and more - in USA, Norway and India. He writes in English, Spanish, Norwegian and French. Mr. Powell is also a visual artist (painter, installation artist and photographer), and a literary critic (primarily poetry books, haiku books, and books of short prose).

Reading and writing prose and poetry has always been a passion. Though I hold no degrees of literature, I’ve achieved enough in terms of knowledge, vocabulary and writing skills. Literature, of any language, is a part through which I’ve developed my personality. I’m in class tenth and I’d seen the dream of getting my book out five years back. But perhaps I saw it with open eyes, now. I still dream of being a distinguished writer and I would try my best to give the most succulent pieces of literature in the upcoming times.

My name is Aiswarya T Anish. I'm 13 . I am from Kerala, India. I went to Sree Narayana Trusts Central School, Nangiarkulangara, Harippad, Alappuzha till 8th standard. Currently, I'm doing 9th grade at Trivandrum International School, Trivandrum. My father is Mr. Anish Raj and my mother is Mrs. Thara Anish.

Akanksha Chaudhary was born in Rohtak (Haryana) and is a well known writer and  poetess. A graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and an MBA in Human resources from FORE, she continued nevertheless to follow her passion of writing.

Akshat “The Reflection” Sharma is an aspiring poet, growing off from shades of different psyche of human life. A musician at heart, a thinker via soul, and a vocalist by choice – Akshat, writes about anything and everything that can trigger his thoughts to wander aimlessly to a destination of words that would flow out to portray the inbound emotions of a human essence.

Alan  Morgan  was  born  in  Cheltenham,  England  and  educated  at  The  Kings  School  in  the  cathedral  city  of  Gloucester.  He  had  many  professions  including  banker,  teacher,  advisor. These  poems  speak  of  the  emotional  currents  which  shape  our  lives :  happiness and  sadness,  hopes  and  desires.  But  most  of  all,  of  love. He  now  lives  in  the  South  of  France.

Albert Russo who has published worldwide over 65 books of poetry, fiction and photography, in English and in French, his two mother-tongues, is the recipient of many awards, such as The American Society of Writers Fiction Award, The British Diversity Short Story Award, several New York Poetry Forum Awards, Amelia Prose and Poetry awards and the Prix Colette, among others. http://www.albertrussobilingual.com/ 

Dr. Ali M. El-Sayed holds an MD and MPH degree from the Alexandria University, Egypt. For several years he worked on the project Ecology of Trachoma in Rural Egypt before joining the Ministry of Health as a Medical Biostatistician & Specialist in Disease Coding, a job that he currently holds. Apart from coding and analyzing morbidity and mortality data for the State of Kuwait he has held periodic workshops and orientation programmes in Disease Coding at Kuwait and other Gulf countries. He has 30 publications to his credit, including an Arabic translation of ICD-9 (3-Digit Categories) and a Manual in Arabic on determinig the underlying cause of death, as per WHO norms.

Ms. Parris began writing poetry at seventeen. At this juncture, she won her first award on a collegiate level. She wrote poetry for every poignant moment in her life for the next thirty-three years. Assembled into a journal, the book of these poems is called SOULGASM. The audio-book SOULGASM consists of four parts of bumping music, with Ms. Parris reading her book. This CD is sure to excite its listeners and is a one-of-a-kind- offering.

Allen Itz is a native South Texas, moving slowly over the years from a small town just a few miles from the Rio Grande to San Antonio and the hill country. He began as a writer in the late 1960's, published a few poems, than quit writing for nearly 30 years. He began to write again several years ago after he retired from a career in state government and has since published more than 200 poems in various on-line and print journals. This is his first book, a collection of both previously published and unpublished work.

Ami Blackwelder is a forbidden romance writer in the paranormal and historical romance genre. Growing up in Florida, she went to UCf and in 1997 received her BA in English and teaching credentials. She travelled overseas to teach in Thailand, Nepal, Tibet, China and Korea. Thailand is considered her second home now.

A pink poet, Ami Rem writes for the sake of dreams. poetry, as he sees is an expression of ancient hymns, filtered in dreams and seen through the mind's eyes. Poetry is every day in every moment of dreams. Inspired by Pink Floyd and Bob Dylan,  welcome to the Pink Dylan show. 

Van Muur tot Molensteen (from Wall to M il lstone) is based on the letters, that An de Bijll Nachenius, retired Ambassador of The Netherlands, wrote from her postings abroad to her fam il y and friends in The Netherlands about her life, impressions  and experiences. The letters cover the period between 1986 when her career as a b il ateral diplomat started as deputy Head of Mission in East Berlin, behind The Wall, unt il l September 2004 when she ended her posting as Ambassador in New Zealand. There is where a m il lstone in the Dutch Windm il l was given her name.

Angie Hulme is 21 and lives in Nottingham. In her spare time, besides writing, she enjoys doing good deeds for strangers, drinking, reading, being a computer geek and generally making a nuisance of herself. According to friends, she is a full-of-life Superperson, has x-ray vision, and when pushed can even fly (I guess that’s way she has a Peter Pan type attitude). Probably. She also thinks her friends are insane, but would never tell them such because she loves them to bits, and instead prefers to believe them in their drunken mutterings.

Anil CS Rao is an artist and writer presently based in Andhra Pradesh in South India. He has lived in the West from the age of 4 prior to obtaining “dual citizenship” and relocating to his Mother Land in 2010. His mixed media / photoshop artwork has been exhibited in galleries in the States, Europe and in India.

His wife, Padmaja is a painter and together they explore synergies with respect to their combined talents - a.k.a. “Padnil Arts” in the creation of publications and computer animated films.

Anthony was born and educated in the East End of London, just a few kilometres from the financial centre known as the City of London. After leaving school, Anthony worked in the city for three years before moving to Finland where he got married. As well as travelling all over England, mostly by motorcycle, Anthony has also travelled throughout most of Europe and Scandinavia. Having experienced work in many different fields, ranging from financial services to butchery, building to teaching, Anthony has used all his memories and experiences to develop this style of book. It is predominantly aimed at people throughout the world who are learning English as a second language.

Born in the year 1966, 5th of January in Howrah district of West Bengal. Studied in the school named Swamy Vivekananda Institution. Later on studied Wireless telegraphy and telephony to join Merchant Shipping as Radio Officer. With the advent of modern technology the old technology of wireless telegraphy was phased out which compelled me to study electrical and electronics to join as electrical officer onboard ship.

At a first glance, one may not find me any sort of a magnate but still I consider myself a good author. Since this is the beginning, I have merely composed a handful of poems for that matter. I am also interested in painting, research and composition of music but first I want to try my hand at writing.

Ardra Manasi is a final year Masters student of Development Studies at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. She has published her first collection of poems in Malayalam titled ‘Jalatharpanam’ in 2007. She has actively contributed articles and poems to newspapers and magazines including The Hindu, Reading Hour, Mathrubhumi, Bodhi Commons etc.

I’ve been writing poems since many years. Many of my early poems were published in The Kathmandu Post and in The Weather Report and Journeys (anthologies by Sampad, UK www.sampad.org.uk). I’m also featured in MadSwirl (www.madswirl.com) and several poems have been published in various online journals. I come from Kathmandu, Nepal and I've done MA in International Relations at the University of Northampton, UK. I’m the editor for The Applicant (www.theapplicant.org) Vision Nepal (www.visionnepal.net) and Loesje Nepal. 

Ashfaq Saraf started writing at the age of 16 while in school. Born in the Baramulla town of Kashmir Valley, he pursued graduation from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. He gave up writing, which had primarily begun as Verse in Urdu, and did not write until after completing college.

Ayin M. Adams, native New Yorker began writing poetry at age five and selling them on her street corner in Brooklyn for twenty-five cents. With much success, she quickly increased her sales to fifty cents as passerbys' enjoyed her work. Winner of the Pat Parker memorial poetry-prize and the Audre Lorde memorial prose-prize. Ayin has been published in numerous anthologies and magazines in the U.S. and U.K. Ayin released two poetry CD's: The Color Of Her Tears and The Woods Deep Inside Me also available in paperback. Ayin holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics and believes that everyone has the wherewithal to surpass oneself in life by suiting up, showing up, and following through. She makes her home in Maui, Hawaii.

Azsacra Zarathustra is a well known Indo-Aryan philosopher and poet-mystic. He is Editorial Advisor for the international journal of poetry and art "Harvests of New Millennium" (India). He is published in India, Tibet, Japan, Germany, Norway, England, USA.

Ban’ya Natsuishi, master of contemporary haiku and trailblazer at home on the overflowing haiku mountain of life, offers the world - Hybrid Paradise, a collection of his recent, liberating work. In 2009, I wrote a review in a book for him, The Poetical Achievements of Ban’ya Natsuishi, understanding the honour of casting my views on such outstanding haiku. Again, I am thrilled to be involved in the process of expounding works of this incredible author, who has been a great influence in forging ahead with my own style of muki-haiku (seasonless poem technique)! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dbZXWtmNYo

Barbara Mercer never asserts, doesn’t give ready answers (sign: !), but as ancient Pythia, insinuating and using deep interrogation (sign: ?). Her poetic work of departure – “little red book of poetry” – under different covers, always thinks: “Secrets”, “Mystic Wills”. Always: “Ready to reveal/Deeply held secrets”. And it is not simply “a Victorian throwback”, but the evidence of triumph, laughter and the pursuit of Eternally Young Blood:

Beth Vieira is a student of Zen, haiku, and Japanese. She received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History. She was a professor at the University of California at Berkeley before resigning to pursue a career as a psychotherapist. She has published in Simply Haiku, Contemporary Haibun, and The Heron’s Nest. She has an essay on haiku in the journalfort da and a book length collection of poetry in the anthology Burning Gorgeous.  She lives in Santa Cruz, California, USA, where she spends much of her time with her first love, the sea.

Dr Bhabani Shankar Nayak is a political economist by profession and poet by imaginary accident. He is the author of the Anubhuti (experience); collection of poems in Oriya. His anthology of poems; Nomad and the Road was published by the Writers Workshop, Kolkata. He writes on different areas of political economy of development and capitalism.

Born in Nepal in the 1970’s, Bhuwan Thapaliya was raised and educated in Kathmandu. He studied economics and finance before turning to poetry in his mid twenties. His writing is imbued with the art and culture of Nepal that he grew up with but he is eminently qualified as an Oriental and as an Occidental poet, for his poetry truly represents a marriage between the traditions of East and West, and in a way that is immediately appealing and cohesive. Bhuwan is not just a poet; he is a man with a mission, seeking world peace. He is a prolific poet and is writing his own Everest, but his writing is not only about statistics. It is about spreading the message of global peace, universal solidarity and love. "Behold the spirit of poetry ... it never dies, nor does it ever grow old. A real poem is the heartbeat of humanity."

Dr.Bishnupriya Hota teaches English in the Postgraduate Department of English at G.M.College, Sambalpur, Odisha. She obtained her Ph.D degree from Sambalpur University .Apart from her research in the areas like Indian writing in English and New Literatures in English she is engaged in translating poetry and short stories from Odia into English and from English into Odia. Associated with many non-profit literary and cultural organizations she has been active as a feminist. A regular contributor to several journals she has published many papers on poetry and translation.

Bittu Kumar studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tenga Valley, West Kameng (Arunachal Pradesh). 120 days around the universe is the first science fiction from the Author. Basically, ambition of the Author is to become a scientist and has a firm determination that he will achieve something impossible some day. Author believes in innovative ideas; this fiction is also based on the innovative scientific technologies that he wants to discover.

Brian Grohowski, in his debut book, writes with the sincerity and honesty of love for his beloved son Jarad Grohowski. Brian’s book expresses understanding and love. Born, March 24, 1956, Brian grew up in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, an all star athlete of track & field and football. He attended Mansfield State College majoring in Arts Education. He makes his home in Wilkes-Barre, PA with his wife Maureen. For more information, please visit

I hail from the city of Lahore, which has been described by many as the “city of poets, love, longing, sin and splendor.” Having been born four years after the birth of my country, I have witnessed this historic city undergo myriad changes as my country has juggled between pseudo-democracy and dictatorship. It is from this constant state of metamorphosis that I seek my inspiration. My critics describe me as an unconventional poet and a non-conformist who prefers to break down myths rather than adhere to traditions. Living in a traditionally conservative society, I have become a reactionary, challenging a stagnant and static way of life.

Chandi V.S. Bulusu is a young and emerging poet. She is an ardent lover of Fine Arts and takes interest in Music, Painting and Writing. She has an Honors Degree in Mathematics and Masters Degree in Finance. A multi-faceted person, she also has Chitra Bhushan qualification in Fine Art. She is essentially interested in creative writing and writes poetry and short stories. She loves reading Spiritual books.

Cherri Randall teaches creative writing at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. She has an MFA in poetry and a PhD in English literature from the University of Arkansas. She has published in Blue Earth Review, Mudfish, The Potomac Review, So to Speak and several other journals as well as the anthology Impact (Telling Our Stories Press). Her favorite writers include Toni Morrison, Anne McCaffrey, and Lee Child.

Chital Mehta is currently residing in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. "I Luv My Lyf" is her debut novel. She believes that life is gift which has to be treasured and cherished each day and every minute. She is working as an associate software engineer.

I was born January 6, 1961 a third child to Robert & Amy. Soon to be joined by three more siblings. The family moved from North Bay, Ontario to Hamilton then eventually settled in Brampton where I attended school at Sir Winston Churchill P.S. as well I was a member of the Brampton Senators Drum & Bugle Corp. Around the time I turned 16 we moved up to Orangeville, Ontario where I attended high school at Orangeville District S.S. It was here that I started writing poetry, not just for English classes, but also for my friends to give to their girlfriends, hopefully it helped them out. In my final years of high school I met a woman I would marry. I was married when I was 20, soon after my first child was born. Crystal was born in 1982, followed by Zachary in 1983 and finally Candice in 1985.

Claire Anna Watson’s recent installations and video works explore ephemeral matter as a site of scientific manipulation and experimentation. She propels the everyday object into a state of dreamlike wonder. Her installations also reveal an abiding interest in spatial and socio – cultural  analysis and a passion for the absurd. She has devised public art projects for the shores of the Black Sea in Turkey, a forest in Finland, the rural plains of Portugal and the snowfields of Australia. Claire is experienced as a curator, writer and arts administrator and is a Master of Fine Art Candidate at Monash University. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

He is currently working on Cosmic Portraits From the "Last Capitol Of The Confederacy" - a first book of poetry; Ghost Shirt Thing : An Avant - Grade, Impressionistic and Revolutionary Wild West Novel - a first novel; The Prairie Beast and 3 Tales - a first collection of short fiction; Saint Joan of Arc, The Mysterious Phenomena and New Mathematical Revelations and Prophecies : A Special Cosmic Tribute - a first nonfiction manuscript ; and The Lokota Satayallah In The "Last Capitol Of The Wild West" - a one - act drama.

My name is Dennis Everett Newell; I am called in no certain order, Denny, Den, Big D, D Everett, and Dennis.  It’s funny, but I can usually tell by how someone calls my name, what time in my life we shared.  I guess there are many layers to a life that has now spanned 57 years.  My middle name, Everett, has been passed down in our family since the Civil War.  My great-great-grandfather’s name was Darius Newell, who named his son Silas Everett Newell, my great-grandfather.  He in turn named his son John Everett Newell, my grandfather, who then in turn named my dad, John Everett Newell Jr.  My dad named me Dennis Everett Newell, and my son is Corey Everett Newell.

D Samarender Reddy did his undergraduation in medicine (MBBS) from Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, and MA (Economics) from the Johns Hopkins University, USA. He has earlier worked as a copywriter and programmer and is currently working as an editor with a medical publisher in Hyderabad. His earlier publications include two books of poetry and History of Medicine. His poems have also featured in several magazines and in an anthology Mosaic. His passion is philosophy, both Eastern and Western.

Daniel Chauvin: Artist and Writer currently living in NYC with wife Ewa and their two children. He has read and performed poetry and spoken words with music at The Knitting Factory, the St. Marks Poetry Project, and the Kerouac Festival in Lowell Mass.; and contributed to the Jack Kerouac CD "Kicks Joy Darkness" (released by Rykodisc).

I live in Belfast, Northern Ireland a place which has known a lot of heart ache due to its history but has risen from the ashes to a bright future where everyone can live in peace. My big passion in life is writing poetry and its that which keeps me focused in life. Poetry to me lets me describe my deepest feelings and memories I can recall. For me and this is quite personal is the fact that writing is an outlet to which I can describe many situations in life everyone comes across and how in life we all face diversity.

Born 1960 in Berlin, In our family English, Spanish, Italian and French are spoken. I have learned old-Greek and Latin as well as English and Spanish at school. Studied medicine and law both for four and two years. Worked as a nurse during this time. Owner of a car-store for 10 years Worked for a limited company for some time Worked as an insurance agent for a big company. Worked as a trainer, team-leader and manager for call-centres for several years.

Diane Oatley is originally from the United States, of Norwegian-American descent and a resident of Norway since 1982, at which time she attended the University of Oslo as part of her junior year abroad. She transferred from the University of Maine to the University of Oslo in 1983, and subsequently went on to complete a Masters Program in Comparative Literature (women writers within the Anglo-American and Scandinavian traditions), also at the University of Oslo.

Dr. Dilip Gude is a medical doctor practicing in Internal medicine at Medwin Hospital, Hyderabad, India. He has published over 70 articles in various national and international medical journals. Apart from his clinical practice he is an art aficionado and has unencumbered passion to poetry, screen-writing, photography, painting, dance and art in literally every form.

I am a dim ray in the world of enthralling darkness of misjudgment and iterations. I am a note of melodious tune of peace in the world of cruelty; I am a mischievous thought of freedom in a cage of fear and a syrupy calmness against the rage in tears. I am a smile in the lips of a dying soul; I am a mysterious mist of win over the loss of desires. I am creed, I am love, I am friend , I am smile, I am ...yet I am .........just ...

Doc Drumheller lives in New Zealand where he teaches creative writing at the School for Young Writers and edits the literary journal Catalyst. He has worked in award winning groups for theatre and music and has published seven collections of poetry.

Donald Edward Kidd is a pharmacist and writer in Jupiter, Florida, born in St. Louis, Missouri. He writes short stories, novels, possibly poems; composes music; creates digital artwork; and rarely cleans the house. He is haunted by ghosts, especially during the night, and is hopelessly addicted to chocolate.

Dr. Dhirendra Verma hails from Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his early education at Bareilly and Nainital and took his bachelor's and master's degree in Health Sciences from Agra University. He worked as a Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow at India s National Institute of Virology in Pune before leaving for Canada in 1962 on a student scholarship to pursue studies at the doctoral level.

Dr.Kalpana Dave is a well-known writer in Gujarati Literature & a freelance journalist. Associated  with  field of education, after about  four decades of experience in teaching in higher education in a college at graduate level,  she retired as a Head of Gujarati Dept. from Shri. M.D.Shah Mahila  College.(Malad-Mumbai). She is a recipient of  Dr.Panna Modi Best TeacherAward  (January-2011)  awarded by  Janseva Samiti—N.G.O.  Malad, Mumbai.

Dr. Krishna P. Chakravorty, a Fulbright Scholar, did his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, M.S. in Physical Chemistry, M.S. in Polymer Science and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology (the Syracuse University, the State University of New York, the Temple University and the Calcutta University.

Born and brought up in Kolkata, Sandip acquired his B.Tech degree in chemical engineering from the Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Calcutta. He went to Mumbai getting a job in the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, in 1978.

Victor V. Shudin is an author of books "How to win over allergy" (issued in 2002 year), "Two basic diabetes causes are found!" (2007y.), "Sea Anecdotes, Adventures and Robinzonada" (2008 y.), “Yalta in Philately” (2011), “Global mine with huge ruinous force” (2011, of trans fats).

I received my Master at Towson University in Maryland, where I majored in film. I have written three scripts, and I am now writing my first novel. Although I love movies, I am also fond of poetry. My poems have appeared in various journals, and it is one of my goals as a writer to have them published as books.

Fernando Messias Nasceu em 1970. É advogado, empresário e consultor internacional em turismo, investimentos, propriedade intelectual e direito empresarial. É investigador em turismo, liderança e bem-estar organizacional. Possui diversas pós graduações. É pintor, poeta e escritor. É autor de um método inovador de criação em arte visual & design, da marca e empresa Messias Global Arts. É membro de diversas associações e organizações nacionais e internacionais. Os seus quadros estão expostos em diversos locais tais como o Parlamento Britânico, em livros, álbuns, antologias, colecções privadas e em diversos sítios na internet.

Fez McLeod is a writer/producer/filmmaker from Canada. He has created 2 children's book series called Sassy the Amazing Fire Fighting Rescue Dog and Brave Jack the Flying Squirrel. For adult novels he has written with the help of writer - David Harris - two crime novels entitled Payback and Skavoovee. In his free time he also enjoys writing feature length screenplays. This graphic novel - Samurai Warrior is his first attempt at producing and publishing an illustrated graphic novel.

Floriana (Berdyck) Hall, poet and author of nine inspirational books, five nonfiction and four poetry, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa. 10/02/27. After many moves, her family settled in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on 12/7/41. Floriana graduated June 1945 from Cuyahoga Falls High (Distinguished Alumna), eleventh in a class of 167. Her English and literature teachers taught her all she needed to know about writing. She attended Akron University business school.

Frieda Groffy studied Drama & Theater Arts at the Conservatory of Antwerp-Belgium. That explains the everlasting love to walk onto a stage and ‘perform’. So far she published six books of poetry in Dutch, her mother tongue. She is a restless traveler who can come home into a different culture and feel like a stranger in her own backyard. She published poetry global wise on literary sites as a.o Creative Women- TimBookTu- Quiet Mountain Essays- and was translated in French-Spanish-Arab-Kurdish- Rumanian and Serbian.

Born in Kortrijk, Flanders (Europe) on 31 May 1948. Father of four and husband of one! Children: Hans (°1969), Saskia (°1972), Merlijn (°1984) & Jonas (°1986). His soulmate: Jenny Ovaere, ex-teacher, today a companion for Joker adventurous travelling. Author (poetry, novels, meditations, fairy tales), writes haiku since 1968. Recorded 14 cd's with relaxation music on singing bowls. http://www.haikugeert.net/

George Bradford Patterson II has deserved several times First Prize in Poetry in the monthly Poetry Contest by my institution, since he is a distinguished member of Bilingual MCA, in merit of his unique ability to write outstanding poems in both English and Spanish Languages. I learned to appreciate and even admire his particular style entangled by his non reverential mood to see reality. George is that kind of writer who does not know how to disguise ugliness.

Eloise is collection of poems by George Drandakis, born in Peristeri, Athens, 27-1-1945. "After graduation I took exams for a position in a Greek Bank in which twelve thousand of candidates took part, of whom only seventy were to be appointed. I succeeded to be the eighth in the success row. I have also published essays, pieces of criticism and poems in a lot of good literary magazines and newspapers, national and local, for instance "Eleftherotypia" (newspaper), "Planodion", "Alevevan", "Schedia", "Ellitrohos", "Periplous" and so on (magazines). I am member of the Pan Hellenic Poetry Society."

I like writing humour and impersonations. Poetry keeps my mind at work therefore I am never idle. I am looking forward to make valuable contributions to the field of literature in future. I idolize Mr. Sachin Tendulkar for his sheer professionalism and the way he carries himself on and off the field. I hold a dream of dining with this great son of India at least once in my lifetime. I feel indebted to my teachers and my school for their invaluable contributions to my life and I hope that I will be able to return at least something back.

Born and brought up in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, Gopa set up a home and raised her two sons in Hong Kong and Singapore. She then moved to Oxford to pursue her Masters leading to a DPhil from Oxford University. It was during her stay in Oxford that her words found meaning in poetry.

Gopal Lahiri was born in 6th December, 1957 in Calcutta, India. He has been writing poetry for more than twenty five years. He writes both in English and Bengali (mother tongue).He also occasionally writes fiction, short story, essay, articles on current affairs and scientific interest and does translation work. He is an earth scientist and currently lives in the coastal state of Gujarat, India.

Dr. Harmik Vaishnav is an ardent and passionate reader and writer. He writes on language, short stories, poetry and non-fiction. He contributes to literary journals and anthologies.

One day soon to be widely held as an influential poet and writer from India, Harshada Pathare classifies this collection, A Piece of Paradise, as her favorite.  With her home in the quiet suburbs of Mumbai, she divides her time between daily job schedules and her eternal passion-poetic literature! She explores the inner feelings and vivid sentiments of human conditions, and thereafter, exploits her creative talent to captivate the minds of her readers, thus, inspiring and uplifting the spirit of poetic booklovers.

Sprinkling laughter and joy around, Heena Kausher Ansari, is a free spirited soul aiming to put a smile on this world's face. A self styled people's person, Heena, is a firm believer of the old adage that talking resolves any issue.

Henry Victor – priest, professor, and poet - born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, now lives in Edmonton, continuing to write and enjoy watching his grandson Isaac Justin Victor grow. His earlier collections include the following: Stinging of the Scorpion & Other Poems (2006) and Three Faces & Other Poems (2007) are his most recent collections.

Howard Scott has been a full-time writer for 25 years. He has published 1,300 magazine articles, 100 op-ed essays, three non-fiction books, and four short stories. Credits include the New York Times, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Providence Sunday Journal Magazine, Boston Magazine, Yankee, Family Circle, The Writer, and Working Woman. His book, Bee Lessons, has sold 20,000 copies and is in its third printing. Scott lives in Pembroke, Massachusetts with his wife and college-age daughter.

Hugh Gracey was educated at Charterhouse School in Godalming. He had extra tuition in Politics A level from Paul Whiteside and achieved an A grade from the London Board in 1986. He passed two degrees at the University of Sussex. He learnt to sail in Chichester harbour, at the Bosham sailing school. He worked as an intern at Dow Jones in 2000, and stood for the borough of Camden in 2006. Hugh Gracey is a playwright and saxophone musician and teacher of English.
www.hughgracey.blogspot.com

ISABEL GUEVARA is a Venezuelan by birth and a foreigner by choice. She studied Psychopedagogy and Law. At ICREA, Venezuela, 2000/2001, she concluded the Master Program in Creative Writing and was one of the selected participants in the New Voices 2003/2004, of the XVth Literary Expression Workshop at CELARG, Poetry section. As a poet or a writer, she does not see herself as a limited individual, and she understands that it is the letter what seduces, and not the name of whoever is offering it...and if poetry and prose have something in common it is seduction.

Jack Galmitz began writing haiku in 1999. Awards and Other Honors: Intermittently, some of my poems have been chosen to appear in the annual anthologies published by Red Moon Press, and I was selected as one of the featured poets for A New Resonance 4: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku (Red Moon Press, 2005).

I am first and foremost a child of God. My job is to get out to the world messages from God in several different ways. Let me explain, I'm a poet, gospel singer gospel song writer, author, CEO, Founder and DJ of "The Jack Hodge Gospel Show". I work with Operation Military Parents as the Events Director here in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. I was a Chef before I retired, I was in the food business fore 40 years. At the present I'm writing a cook book.

Jacque Turner has served on active duty in both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy. A graduate of Howard University and Capella University, where she received a BA in English and an MS in education, respectively, she is currently an adjunct online English instructor at Saint Leo University. She resides in Norfolk, VA.

James G. Skinner is a retired world wide telecommunications executive and ex-Honorary British Consul in Spain. For the past twenty years he has lived in Vigo and has observed through the press the constant flow of drugs from Latin America into Europe via the coast of Galicia. Living in Spain has also given him an insight into the fight on terrorism, especially the Basque Separatist movement ETA.

Jan Oskar Hansen is a poet, story teller and seafarer, born in Stavanger, Norway. He joined the merchant navy at 15 and spent most of his life at sea until settling in the early 90's in Portugal. His poetry has been widely published in hard copy and online, worldwide. Reviewers have generally commented that a love and honoring of living things stands out in Hansen's work, and deep humility; that it reveals with unflinching honesty man's shortcomings in his efforts to love, telling what there is to tell in a first person, deeply resident universal voice.

Janet K. Brennan, aka jb Stillwater, poet and author lives in the foot hills of the Sandia Mountains in the high desert of New Mexico with her husband, Arthur, and a great gray cat named Amos... Although a native New Englander, she has traveled the world, having spent time living in Pirmesanes Germany, as well as Montecchia di Crossara, Italy Home for her is the desert. Each time she has left to live in another part of the world, she has longed for her return to what she has determined is her "muse"

Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal, B.Sc. (Hons.), a businessman and writer, was born in Kapadwanj (Gujarat), India on December 28, 1935. Since his days in school in Umreth, of Gujarat State, he took keen interest in reading a large number of fiction and short stories available in the village library. To date, 22 books, including 14 novels, 3 collections of short stories, and 5 compilations, have been published. He was the first Gujarati writer whose Gujarati Novel ‘Ankhane Sagpan Ansoona’ translated into English named ‘Ordeal of Innocence’ first time published in U.S.A. in 2005 by Ivy House Publishing Group.

Jean-Philippe Guéant from Nord, France; 35 years painting experience; theoretician of abstraction. "What I am interested in painting is not the painting itself, but what is beyond the painting, besides the plastic aspect. The painter's part is to make visible what is not. I intend to draw the way, to trace the path, from the real world to the invisible, from the divided-state to the unity; this, by a global perception of both the world and the work; suddenly the light appears within the color, the original light."

Penguins / Pingviner is a bilingual series of haiku centered around ... penguins. Here penguins can be seen as metaphors or real beings either mingling with society as a whole and its mechanics or as World saviors and upholders of the spiritual welfare of the World. Beacuse of their seemingly un-individial appearance they can also play the role of the uknown forces of this World.

John Charles Ryan was born in Neptune City, New Jersey in the United States but has been living in Western Australia since 2008. He is presently writing poetry about the flora of the Southwest corner of Western Australia and some of those poems appear in this collection.

John McDonald is a retired stone-mason living in Edinburgh Scotland.He came to haiku in the mid - nineties and fell in love with the genre. He writes in Scots - one of the two languages native to Scotland (the other being the celtic rooted Gaelic) He has a web-page of Scots haiku http://zenspeug.blogspot.com which he tries to update daily, and from which most of the enclosed have been taken.

Though grounded with great love and affection for both the haiku traditions of Japan and the West, John Sandbach's haiku represent a clear break and, hopefully, a new, influential, and open beginning in English-language haiku composition that welcomes and values all methodologies, aesthetics and topics, seeing infinite possibilities and equality in every path. Breaking away from what has become the traditional standards in English haiku,

Joseph Aprile was born in the Bronx, New York, and is a resident of Seattle, Washington. He has traveled extensively and has incorporated many of his life experiences into his work as all writers inevitably must. Writing has always been an integral part of his existence. He has written and published works in different genres including: poetry, fiction and non-fiction. He has a special fondness for poetry since it is, by nature, evocative of the emotions and succinct in style.

Joseph S. Spence, Sr. is the co-author of two poetry books, A Trilogy of Poetry, Prose and Thoughts for the Mind, Body and Soul (2005), and Trilogy Moments for the Mind, Body and Soul (2006), Winner of The 2009 Best Christian Poetry Book Award from ChristianStoryTeller.com.

I am an American living in Andalusia Spain. I grew up in Chicago, Illinois where I received a BS in English literature from Northwestern University. I hold a J.D. from Loyola School of Law, Chicago, Illinois and I worked as a lawyer in Warsaw, Poland and London, England before turning all my attention to writing and teaching. In 2005 I received my masters in English Literature from the University of London, King's College.

June Nandy is a published poet, short story writer, reviewer, ghazal singer, teacher and a translator from Calcutta, India. A post graduate in English Literature and Hindi, Bachelors in Education, post graduate diploma in Translation Science (Gold Medalist) and a diploma in Public Relations. Her writings has been published world wide in reputed international and national journals like Taj Mahal Review, Sein und Werden, Femina, Frontier, Poetry Super Highway and other corporate journals. She can be accessed at her blog: http://throughmystripedshirt.blogspot.com

Karla MarKay is a performing artist, educator, and writer who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. She spent several years in Atlanta, Georgia and currently resides in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. As a teen, Karla began writing for personal fulfillment and continued to write occasionally until a few years ago, when she began to experience a renewed sense of motivation, focus, and discipline. Since then, Ms. MarKay has shared her literary work at readings, as part of stage presentations, on the Internet, and as contributions to magazines, newsletters, journals, and anthologies. The Whispers of A Timeless Groove is her first published book of poetry.

Kathryn Waddell Takara, born and raised in Tuskegee, Alabama, has recently retired as an Associate Professor from the University of Hawai`i at Manoa, Interdisciplinary Studies Program. She also taught in the Ethnic Studies Department, where she developed courses in African American and African politics, history, literature, and culture beginning in 1971. Her poetry has been published in a variety of publications including Interdisciplinary Studies Humanities Journal, Writing Macao (China), Kudzu, Honolulu Stories, Words Upon the Waters,

Katya Ganeshi (Blond Beast) is well known Russian poetess. She is founder of a new literary style "Overaggressive Masterpiecism". The edition of her book "Blond Beast" has brought to her popularity in all societies of vanguard and literary associations in Moscow. In poetry Katya Ganeshi continues to develop philosophical ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche and Azsacra Zarathustra, also aesthetic ideas of Arno Breker. Beauty of a human body and spirit in Absolute Break, and Spiritual War - the basic themes of her poetic books.

I grew up in a small suburban town, just north of New York City. I had a great childhood, as my parents did everything they could to provide for my siblings and I. I have come to love my siblings, as the rivalry we had when we were younger was quite intense. This book of poetry represents seven consecutive years of my life (1997-2004) and the numerous phases and mind- sets I experienced. I have been through a number of different struggles, from death to my own personal battle with alcoholism, but have ultimately cleared my mind and finally accepted who I am and what life has dealt me, good or bad.

She writes in 3 different languages viz. Hindi, Gujarati & English. She has written over 2000 poems. “Ehsaas” was her first publication which was a collection of Hindi poems on life. Her poem “Always Remember” is featured in Anne Geddes' “Friends Forever” gift book, who is an internationally acclaimed photographer. “Winter of Hope” is her second publication.

Kumar Kaustubh, a 15-year-old boy, started writing at the age of 10. He has written 35 poems and 70 songs. Currently he is the lyricist for the band Musafir. Many poems written by him have been published in some local newspapers. THE LAST IDIOT is his first novel.

Laila Holand is from Oslo, Norway.

July 6th 1993, Lawrence was cited by The United States Senate through Joseph I. Lieberman, "I am pleased to offer my most heartfelt congratulations to you upon your designation as one of America's Most Distinguished Poets and your impending induction into the International society of Poets. Once again, please accept my sincere congratulations on your most laudable achievement." The Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York City in conjunction with The Frank Silvera's Writers' Workshop, has several of Lawrence's plays documented.

My name is Lawson E. Vallery Jr. and I was born in Alexandria, Louisiana; USA in 1943. Before I turned a year old I was moved to Texas. I grew up in the sand hills and oil fields of west Texas around Midland, Odessa and Abilene; "serious" cowboy country.

LERE OYEBISI SHAKUNLE is a journalist, mathematician and writer. Lere wrote and directed the play, Tinuke, Beauty Queen of Oyo Empire, which was performed in Berlin in September 2007. Lere Shakunle travelled to the Federal Republic of Germany to do Mathematics, Physics and Social Science at the University of Goettingen in Germany during which time he founded a new mathematics called Transfigural Mathematics (TfM).

A native of Springfield, Massachusetts, Levi James Baldwin III has been living in Amsterdam, Holland, for several years. Although he was trained in biochemistry (Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts) and biotechnology (Laney College, Oakland, California), he is a writer and performing artist, not a technician. http://www.myspace.com/levibaldwin

Moshé Liba, 1931

As lecturer, writer and poet, member of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel, of the Haagse Kunstkring-The Netherlands, and of various other national and international associations, he has lectured and published and is included in anthologies. He contributes regularly to literary, historical and international publications, reviews, periodicals, yearbooks, anthologies, and On-line publications in the Internet. Writing in several languages, he has published 66 books, history books, short stories, essays, literary criticism, children's books, theater-plays, albums, brochures, between them 37 books of poetry-including bilinguals.

Linda Peters lives in northern Illinois, U.S.A. with her husband, a greyhound, and three snakes. A high school math teacher, she also enjoys music, art, traveling, the outdoors, photography, and being on the water.

Louie Levy is preeminently a poet of peace. We find in his poems the beauty of vital and natural affirmations of human nature. Much of Levy's greatness rests on the verbal beauties and immortal lines ' Should all of human dogmatic brain, mind their own faith and not of another, most wars will stop and not start' ("Ponder For Peace", Taj Mahal Review, June 2006), 'reach out with arms outstretched with Love' ("Human Frailty: UN Reposed").

Born in New York City in 1939, Lynn Strongin's name comes up regularly in college classes as one of the most unique voices in American poetry. Strongin has lived in British Columbia for more than a quarter century, but considers herself a profoundly American writer. During the 1960s, she worked with Denise Levertov amidst the lively political environment of Berkeley, California.

Madison Lily Vogel was born into this very complex world on December 22, 2004 in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. From the moment she arrived life has been turned right side up. Her ability to understand and analyze every aspect of life is simply amazing. When you have a conversation with her its hard to envision that your talking to a three and a half year old. Her knowledge and wisdom started at an early age and her parents can not wait to see what great things will come from her as the years go by.

Manish Mudgal; born on 13th May 1989 in a Brahmin family of a small village in Agra called Khera Bhagor, has been brought and caressed in discipline and defined limits. Being a son of an Army Officer & grandson of an eminent Brahmin was always a matter of honor because his acts would reflect his family's report.

María Cristina Azcona is an Educational Psychologist, poetess, novelist and peace researcher. Her articles, reviews, poems and short stories are continuously published in many newspapers, magazines and anthologies around Argentina, UK, India, US, and other countries.Since 1980, she works as a psychotherapist specialized in Forensic Psycho diagnosis, listed by the American Biographical Institute (ABI) in their international directory “Experts & Expertise”. US -She was born in Buenos Aires City, Argentina, where she lives joined to her family.

Marc Carver was born in 1966 in Erith, England. He has worked in a variety of jobs and lived in Germany for three and a half years while he was serving in the Army. When he came out of the army he spent a long time drifting from one job to another. He has been writing for about fifteen years but only seriously for about the last year. Before, he wrote mostly fiction and has written a couple of books as yet unpublished.

Margaret Mullings is a unique woman, with a passion for the presence of God. She is an encourager to the body of Christ, a prayer warrior, song writer and playwright. Margaret just recently discovered a deep passion for poetry and a new found love and appreciation for the performing arts. She is a Pastor's wife, and the mother of six grown children.

My name is Marie Mappley and I was born on 8TH December 1945 at Hayes, Middlesex, England, which comes under Greater London. I am divorced with one son Scott and one grandson Kai. I have worked for various firms, like Rank Xerox, Nestles and EMI as a computer operator. One of the nicest jobs I had was working for the EMI Company on the music side in the Code Centre.

Mariet van Knippenberg who was born on December 5th 1953 in a little town called Kessel in the south of the Netherlands. "Coming from a very musical family, I found out at early age that I love music and words put to it. At school, languages were among my favourites classes and I speak besides Dutch and Limburgs, the language spoken in my area also German and English and some French.

Mijn naam is Mariet van Knippenberg en ik werd geboren op 5 december 1953 in Kessel, Limburg, een gezellig dorp aan de Maas. Ik groeide op in een gezin met 5 kinderen waar muziek heel belangrijk was. Ik kwam er op jonge leeftijd al achter dat muziek en het geschreven woord, hetzij in de vorm van boeken of teksten van liedjes een heel goed medium is om je gevoelens uit drukken. Alleen kon ik er zelf niet veel mee door een druk leven met werken en na mijn huwelijk de zorg en opvoeding van mijn twee zonen Rob, geboren in 1978 en Frank geboren in 1981.

A native of Sarajevo, Mario Susko is a witness and survivor of the war in Bosnia. He left the city in 1993 and, in a sense, came back to the US, where he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from SUNY at Stony Brook in the 1970s. He taught at the University of Sarajevo and Nassau Com. College where he is currently an Associate Professor in the English Department.

Mary Barnet’s first book was The New American/Selected poems, which was nominated for a Nobel Prize in 1996.  It has been reviewed by Adam Donaldson Powell who calls the poems “carefully tailored pearls.” Janet Brennan, in her review of The New American, calls it “intelligent and stunning poetry.” Grace Cavalieri says Mary is “a light to poets and the world.”

I have known Mary Hicks my entire life. She is my maternal aunt. Mary has always been a very spiritual woman. Her door and heart is always open for others to come if they have a problem. She is a very devoted wife and mother. God has always been first in her life and she lives this everyday. I am proud of my aunt Mary and pray God continues to use her for His service. I am truly honored to be a small part in assisting with the publishing of this book. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have enjoyed reading it. 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 3:2

Maryse Schouella was born in the Middle-East in Alexandria/Egypt and had an English Education since she was a child of 5 years old. I lived in Alexandria for twenty years and then I emigrated to France in Paris where I started my professional career as a bilingual secretary. I tayed in Paris for about four years. Thence I got married and came to Brazil in 1961 where I have been living and will be celebrating 50 years that I live in Brazil in June 2011.

Math Osseforth was born in 1963 in Sittard. At the age of 7 he wrote his first story, a ghost story. He was educated at the Bisschoppelijk College St. Jozef and at the University of Utrecht where he got his Masters degree in Classical Languages in 1987.

Max Verhart (1944, the Netherlands) writes and publishes haiku since about 1980. From 1999 till 2003 he was president of the Haiku Circle Netherlands. He visited international haiku meetings in Great Britain (1999), Slovenia (1999), the Netherlands (2003) and Germany (2005). During one year (2001-2002) he was European director of the World Haiku Association. Member of the editorial staff of the Red Moon Anthology (USA) since 2002. Since 2003 editor of the Dutch/Flemish quarterly Vuursteen (Flint), the oldest haiku journal in Europe. Associate editor for Modern Haiku (USA) since 2007.

Mbizo Chirasha is an internationally acclaimed performance poet, writer, and creative projects consultant. He is widely published in more than thirty-five journals, magazines, and anthologies around the world. He was the poet-in-residence: from 2001-2004 for the Iranian embassy/UN...

Meenakshi, a fashion designer by profession has always been passionate about writing. Her poem 'The Heavenly Nature', made her one of the 33 finalists in an international poetry competition held in US. Her poem is included in the international album 'The Sound of Poetry'. Her poems express her thoughts. Her each poem has a message to give.

Mehernosh Kapadia was born on 20th October, 1957 in Mumbai ( Bombay) India. He is M Com, LLB(G), ACS by qualifications and has worked for the best corporate houses of India as Head of Legal and Company Secretary with the Tata Group, Aditya Birla Group, Bayer, Mahindra & Mahindra, Sajan Jindal Group, Great Eastern Shipping Group and ICICI Bank. His father was a government servant and his mother a teacher. He is blessed with two sons. Currently Mehernosh is CEO of Meher Consultants and writes poetry and novels for pleasure. He spent his childhood in Bharuch in the State of Gujarat, India. Novel wirtten by Mehernosh Kapadia are SOCIETY, CRIME A ONE WAY STREET and I WANT YO TO WATCH MY WIFE.

Michaela is a new age writer, poet, children's book author, singer-songwriter, radio broadcaster. Her work is esoteric drawing on love and soul, to convey a message of hope and survival. Focusing and harmonious aspects of creation she inspires us with healing facets of our own existence as related through ancient studies. She has seventeen published books, and a mystical songs cd, and has hosted her radio show  Poetry  Music and Transcendence Radio show on various networks. Michaela is also a holistic coach. Been published in many magazines including the holistic print journals Light Bridges Magazine, and Recovering the Self, a journal of hope and Healing.

Born in Kolkata, Mousumi Roy, lived mostly in Kolkata. She is presently living in Muscat, Middle East. She is an ardent lover of poetry and literature. Her Poems already published in Brown Critic, South African Journal and other international Journals including in Middle East. Her Articles had been also published in Journals in India and in Gulf Region.

Muniraja Bhaktipada: Born NYC 1950; Bar Mitzvah 1963; married 1982, 2 children; School # 9 Clifton NJ, Columbus Jr High, Maine Endwell Senior High, 2 years Columbia College 1968-70, was there at Woodstock, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Suny Binghamton, ISKCON 1970-75 (aka Muniraja), Software Engineer by profession

Born in 1940 (Japan); first collection of poems published in 1965 by Shicho-sha (Tokyo); widely published and anthologized in Japan and abroad, also writes short stories in Japanese; recipient of the "Poet of the Millennium Award" from the International Poets Academy in 2000, and Cosmos Fairy-tale Prize in 1989.

I landed planet earth in 1968, being born in Cheltenham UK. Most of my early youth I spent playing on heathland and in the forest, until I got sent to a boarding school for 6 years for not being a sheep. After leaving school I spent some time in Bournemouth, then London, Swanage, Bristol and finally back in Bournemouth. Mother Nature is my greatest love and inspiration...it's Her that heals my hurts and keeps me going.

Nikhil Sharma was born in Gujarat in the year 1984. His father worked with J&K bank. He did his initial schooling from Mumbai and then the family permanently settled in Jammu.

Nyal Thomas Sr. lives in the United States, in the north western part, in the State of Oregon. "I write a little and have two books published plus what I have sent to you, I know I am not the best writer, but I still like to write. I have had two books published,  I also make necklaces that are for health and other things to go with them I have a website for that and it is www.germaniumcrystalnecklace.com  I also do art work pictures that move by solar energy, well many things to keep me busy, and I am 88 years old so have been around for awhile, I also served in world war two as a Marine."

Oliver Rice grew up in small towns near Mark Twain's Hannibal, Missouri. Became an active amateur musician and a U. S. Navy pilot. Took a doctorate in modern American literature and taught in several universities. Was subsequently employed as a book editor, a developer of learning programs, and a team leader on linguistic projects in Africa and Southeast Asia , under contract with the Ford Foundation, the Peace Corps, and the U. S. Army.

Pravat Kumar Padhy, professionally a Petroleum Geologist, ONGC, India. Holds Masters in Science and Ph.D in Applied Geology from Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad. Published literary articles and poems in leading English news papers, journals, anthologies and e-zines. Literary work referred in ‘Interviews with Indian Writing in English’, Indian Literature, Anger in Action: Exploration in Indian Writing in English, Spectrum History of Indian Literature in English, Alienation in Contemporary Indian English Poetry, A Survey of Indian English Poetry etc. Awarded “Certificate of Honour” from Writer’s Life Line, Canada.

Mr P.Gopichand & Ms P.NagaSuseela are in teaching for 18 years, Guided 22 M.Phils ,together presented more than 40 research papers in International Conferences & Seminars and Symposia; delivered 15 guest lectures on Communication Skills & Phonetics, acted as Resource Persons

Mr P.Gopichand & Ms P.NagaSuseela are in teaching for 18 years, Guided 22 M.Phils ,together presented more than 40 research papers in International Conferences & Seminars and Symposia; delivered 15 guest lectures on Communication Skills & Phonetics, acted as Resource Persons, Oranized work shops, Seminars etc for teachers, lecturers and students.

Paul Juszcyk was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He has been writing poetry for many years. His previous collections of poetry are Not the Point Exactly, A View From the Porch and Other Poems, For All Intense and Porpoises, and Greatest Hits, 1980 - 2000. He has also been published in many anthologies and collections and is a frequent featured reader at various venues.

My name is Prabhat Kumar Deo. I am 23. I am from Jharkhand, India. I have completed my B.Tech in Electronics and Communication from VIT University, Vellore. Currently I am working as a software engineering in a prominent Company. My parents are Mr Y.N. Deo and Mrs N. Devi. I have two sisters, Rajni and Shalini.

Prathap Kamath (aka S. K. Prathap) writes poetry in English and fiction in Malayalam. He has published poetry in several journals of repute in India. Some of his poems have been anthologized in The Poetry of War and Peace and Words on the Winds of Change, both published from Canada by www.blurb.com.  He has published two collections of short stories in Malayalam. He holds a doctorate from Mahatma Gandhi University, and  is Associate Professor of English at Sree Narayana College, Kollam affiliated to the University of Kerala.

Preethi Saravanakumar is from south India. She has done her BCA from Bharatiyaar University. Writing poetry remains her major passion while she reads books and writes Children's stories/poems. She is an active member and a preferred author in writing.com. She has written about a hundred poems. Some of her poems have been published in a few magazines. She is a member at SCBWI for about two years.

Priyanka Bhowmick is a poet, wife, blogger, amateur photographer and online freelance writer. Born in Tezpur, a small town in Assam. She spent several years, from schooling to married life, in Tangla, Tezpur, Khairi (H.P.) and Guwahati. Being in love with solitude, she embraced poetry as her most intimate companion. Her works are published in several newspapers and online journals.

THE POET WAS BORN ON 9TH JUNE 1992. THOUGH HE WAS BORN IN THE METROPOLITAN CITY OF KOLKATA BUT HE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE COUNTRY TOWN NAMED KRISHNANAGAR. HIS MOTHER IS A SCHOOL TEACHER AND THE DAUGHTER OF A FREEDOM FIGHTER LATE DR. HARIPADA GOSWAMI. COMPLETING BSC SHE ATTAINED A MA DEGREE IN MUSIC .

The Disposition of Utopia Wright is the story of Rahson's unknown father. It's a journal from Utopia's point of view. What Rahson has done is taken pieces of what has been and woven it with what could have been, in order to let the world know the story of his unknown father, Utopia Wright.

Rais Neza Boneza born the 29.07.1979 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Currently, he lives in Exile in Norway. Artist, writer, poet and peace activist; Rais Boneza's book is a magnificent tribute to human dignity and solidarity. The author is able to keep a sense of hopefulness while conveying the inner turmoil experienced by a human in exile fleeing the horrors of war.

Ramesh Anand is an author of his first haiku book, Newborn Smiles and a Senior R&D Engineer based in Johor, Malaysia. He lives happily with his better half, Divya, and their best little half, Tanmayi. His life experiences, as Haiku moments, and his long verses, have been published and forthcoming in World’s premier print journals, Anthologies, Japanese Newspapers, Magazines, E-zines and E-Journals.

 I'm 20 years old. I don't actually remember when I started writing but it's been a long time, maybe since I was 12. I'm a dropout from an Animation College. I was born in Jammu and brought up in Maharashtra. I have been through a lot and love is the only thing which helps me to actually live. I wanted to share my experience and feelings with the world and poetry is the only best way I could figure out.

“Rick” DAVIS (USA) began writing fiction in 2005 and has previously published two books online entitled “Sky’s the Limit” Book I and the sequel, Book II © 2006 and 2008 respectively.  "The tunnel at the end of time" marks his debut as an author of a book in print.

She started writing in early 2007 after a few personal debacles, and since then has been writing poetry and short stories. Although she has no formal training in creative writing she managed to break the ice by attending workshops and events to sharpen her skills. Since then she hasn’t looked back and the ink has flowed off her pen in concourse.

The name Robert Wilson is shared by many, a fact easily verified by a visit to Scotland. Listing dates and places contributes little. The same-named author of this book is, in addition, many persons within a passing form, a composite of countless influences, some of which have been translated into unwieldy words. Soil, root, branch and blossom are facets of one hologram. Hopefully, the reader will find flowers worth picking..

Robert P. Craig a Professor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) has published eight books of poetry, other books published in 2010 entitled A Sense of Wonder and Ethics. Robert is an adjunct Prof. of Ethics in the Department of Loyola University, Lake Shore Campus, Chicago, Illinois.

Robert Simon works as an Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Foreign Languages at Kennesaw State University , in the state of Georgia , USA . His took his BA at Boston University , and his Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. He researches surrealist movements, postmodernism and the notion of the “paradigm shift” in Iberian poetry of the last few decades.

Published author and internet writer Roger Dean Kiser's stories take you into the heart of a child abandoned by his family and abused by the system responsible for his care. Through his stories he relives the sadness and cruelty of growing up an orphan in the early 1950s.

Born in England. Former: "Rock and Roll" star; gold miner; advisor to the Thai government on ESL teaching; Frontier College teacher; Honours Society of S.G.W.U. President and ombudsman in the 'Computer Riot' of the late sixties; Junior fellow of Massey College; Russian interpreter for CAR; High school teacher in English for thirty years; Deputy Mayor and Reeve of the Town of Forest; first vice-president of the Forest Legion. Four languages spoken.

Romi Jain is a poet, novelist and marketing professional. She is currently a Marketing Coordinator in a California-based software company. She did her MBA from San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California. She also holds M.A. and B.A. (Hons.) degrees. Romi has published her debut novel The Storm Within (Indiana, USA, 2008); published poems in International Zeitschrift, Journal of Poetry Society, Poetry Book: A Posy of Poesy; published articles in international encyclopedia(Jefferson, NC,USA: ),McFarland; Asian Profile(Canada); India Quarterly(New Delhi); Indian Journal of Asian Affairs, (Jaipur); and participated in national and international conferences. She had also been a Consulting Editor, Indian Journal of Asian Affairs-an internationally- known journal.

I was born and raised in a small town in rural Northwest Ohio and except for my time in the U. S. Navy, I have lived within 20 miles of my birthplace. Growing up and having your heart and mind, value programmed during the simpler times of the 1940s and 50s is considered a blessing to me. Times were more difficult and we were depression poor but I was fortunate to experience these times. I think my poetry reflects the values of the past, which have inspired me greatly. I spent my entire career working for the Campbell Soup Company retiring early at the age of 57. I am married to a wonderful woman, my wife and soul mate, Donna. We have walked together since 1958.

Roopa Menon was born in Mumbai, India on 11th May, 1985. Her interview has appeared in Teen Voices about 'Life In India', Her poems have been published in Taj Mahal Review (June 2003), Potluck Magazine, Voyages (2003). Her published books of poems are Merry Minds and Lively Moments.

Rosa Maria DelVecchio lives in Brooklyn, Ohio, and makes her living as a law school administrative secretary at Cleveland State University, where she wrote a master’s thesis on Chaucer in 1984. She wrote a dissertation on Edgar Allan Poe and received a Ph.D. in English from Case Western Reserve University in 1993.

Ruby Moses Ezekiel was born in Mumbai, India on 19th July, 1987. She has won the first prize in poetry (2001) from Bal Bhavan, Mumbai. Her poems have been published in Taj Mahal Review (June 2003). Her interview about ‘Life in India’ has been published by Teen Voices. Many of her poems have appeared in the poetry antology From our hearts (Author's Association of India). Ruby says, “Poetry is my way of ex-pression. Merry Minds and Lively Moments are two published books, which feature poems written by my friend Roopa Menon and myself.”

Ruchi Agarwal (b. 21st June, 1980): originally from Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh; author of Hindi short stories; presently working as Digital Manager, e-commerce at Cyberwit.net. She has completed her schooling from Hamirpur and post graduation in Physics from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. She is engaged in writing short stories since college days and her writings were appreciated by her friends and teachers.

Ruth Sabath Rosenthal is a New York City (U.S.) resident and author of numerous needlework "how-to" books; she's also an avid poet whose first chapbook, titled "Facing Home," is due out this summer, published by Finishing Line Press. One of Ruth's poems "on yet another birthday" was nominated for a Pushcart prize in October 2006. 

Saket Suman is perhaps among the youngest poets of India. with a strong passion for writing and respect for human sentiments, his works outrank many for they carry a strong poetic force that directly appeals to the hearts of the readers. Born in the state of Bihar, he has spent most of his days in Kurseong, Darjeeling while pursuing his studies in Jnaneshwar memorial academy. the days spent in his school along with some of his best friends and teachers are the most memorable ones in his entire lifetime so far.

Salvatore Buttaci is an obsessive-compulsive writer who plies his craft many hours a day. His poems, stories, articles, and letters have appeared widely in publications that include New York Times, U. S. A. Today, The Writer, Cats Magazine, and Christian Science Monitor. He was the recipient of the $500 Cyber-wit Poetry Award in 2007.

Samarendra Patra, aged 18 is a first year student of B.Tech-Mechanical Engineering in the prestigious SRM UNIVERSITY, Chennai. He was brought up in a small township of NALCO named Damanjodi means “Paharon ka Sangam-the unification of the hills”.

Sana Rafiq has been published in Mary Pat Fisher's book Women in Religion. She is currently the newsletter editor at LiteraryMary.com, as well as manages her e-zine The Neglected Ratio. She was also published by Jenifer Wills in a digital publication of LiteraryMary entitled Don't Call Me Plath: twelve outstanding women of the small press. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in Educational Leadership (Curriculum and Instruction) from the University of Phoenix.

Santosh Kalwar (born September 7, 1982) is a poet, writer, and young researcher. He is a self-published Nepalese writer who writes in English about truth, love, and relationships. He has published thirteen books, as well as authored a number of newspaper columns and articles.

Dr. Santosh Kumar (b. 1946) is a poet, short-story writer and an editor from India; DPhil in English; Chief Editor of an international literary journal Taj Mahal Review; several awards; member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of World Haiku Association, Japan; published poetry in Indian Verse by Young Poets (1980), World Poetry (1995 & 1996), The Fabric of A Vision (2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies (2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), Dwan (USA), Promise (Purple Rose Publications,USA), TMR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007). He has also edited sixteen World Poetry Anthologies, and four books of World's Great Short Stories. He is also the author of a collection of poems entitled Helicon (Cyberwit, 2006, India, ISBN 81-901366-8-2). He is able to achieve masterly poetic effects full of a singular beauty and rhythmical artistry in his new collection New Utopia. Wikipedia

Sathyanarayana was born on 12fth June, 1958 at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. He did his bachelor’s degree in Sciences and Masters in law. For a brief period he practiced as an advocate in Nellore and then joined the Government of India. He is now working as Deputy Superintendent of Salt at Nellore. Sathyanarayana has been writing poetry since 1987.

Sayumi Kamakura was born in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, 1953. She began composing haiku while a student at Saitama University and studied haiku under the guidance of Toshiro Nomura and Sho Hayashi. In 1988, she won the Oki Sango Prize. The lyrical style of her haiku attracted attention, and in 1998 she established the haiku magazine "Ginyu" with Ban'ya Natsuishi, and has been its Editor since that time. She has attended international haiku or poetry festivals held in Japan, Slovenia, Portugal and Bulgaria. In 2001, she won the Modern Haiku Association Prize. Her published haiku collections include: Jun (Moisture, 1984), Mizu no Jujika (Water Cross, 1987), Tenmado kara (From the Skylight, 1992), Kamakura Sayumi Kushu (Haiku of Sayumi Kamakura, 1998). Hashireba haru(Run to Spring, 2001), She co-authored Gendai Haiku Panorama (1994), Gendai Haiku Handbook (1995), Gendai Haiku Shusei Zen 1 Kan (Contemporary Haiku Anthology in One Volume, 1996), etc. She also published, in both Japanese and English, A Singing Blue: 50 Selected Haiku (2000). Her haiku has been translated into English, Greek, Russian, Bulgarian, Portuguese and Korean. She is a member and Treasurer of the World Haiku Association. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9_z0D5IZ6E

This book is a collection of short stories written by SHAHINA. She has put together her own experiences in life and presented the collection in the form of short stories for children.

Shamsud Ahmed was born in Assam, India, grew up in the forest of Kaziranga Wild Life Sanctuary- Assam, and is living in Mumbai since 2009. For many years he was a trainer and has trained people from various backgrounds in Pune and other cities around Pune.

I'm an Indian and was born on 28th Sep, 1974 in Moradabad, a small town of Uttar Pradesh. As a child I had high expectations from myself. Though my ambition was to become a doctor but I ended up doing my post graduation in Business Administration. I worked with several organizations but never felt satisfied working under someone. After my marriage I joined my husband in his export Business.

I teach Literature and Composition at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. I have an M.A. (English) and M.Phil (Women’s Studies) from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara (Gujarat, India) and have lived in Florida since 1988, when I first immigrated to Miami from Mumbai.

Shirley Bolstok was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. “My parents are Holocaust Survivors. Writing has always been an integral part of my life. I like writing about the shifting of our existence, whether it is ethereal, emotional or physical. I have had many publications of my work in newspapers, anthologies and online magazines and now have the opportunity to consolidate it in a volume of poetry.

A writer by profession and a poet at will- Shreya Chatterjee was born in Kolkata in 1985 and was brought up in Bihar and Kolkata alike. She is educated at G.D. Birla Centre for education, Presidency College, Kolkata and University of Calcutta.

Born and brought up at the industrial city of Asansol of West Bengal in India Sonnet’s childhood was marked by visiting several places with his parents. His father Mr. Kajal Mondal is a banker and mother Mrs. Sima Mondal is a housewife. His schooling was carried out at the St. Michael’s school, Durgapur till class ten and he completed class eleven and twelve from the Hemsheela Model school of Durgapur in India. However he used to pass his holidays in his maternal house in a village named Jahidpur. Jahidpur is a village surrounded by dense ‘Sal’ forests on all sides segregating it from the busy city life and pollution. The green flora and fauna, the dense forests and wide spreading fields of paddy and rice in Jahidpur were surely some inspirations that later got reflected in his poems. He also passed much of his initial days of childhood in the coal belt area of Sripur and destiny later turned him towards Mining engineering. He was never too fascinated by his poetic name and took least interest in the genre of poetry.

1999 is an unforgettable year for me. One reason is Shrine that was released by World University Press. Even in 2008, after nine years, Shrine resurrects the traumatic feelings, touching the spots of deep pain from the days of the partition of India.

Steven Carter is a retired emeritus professor of English. He is the only two-time winner of UNESCO's Nuove Lettere International Poetry and Literature Prize. In 2010 he was awarded the Eric Hoffer Foundation's Montaigne Medal. Snow Moon, his chapbook of haiku/haibun, was recently released by Alba Publishng.

Sumit Daga, A writer of the Hindi poems, currently working in Product management team in Torrent pharmaceuticals Limited at Ahmadabad, basically from Jhalawar district of rajasthan. He done his schooling from Jhalawar did Bachelor of Pharmacy from Vikram University, Ujjain. He is writing Hindi poetry since he was in 11th standard; his college cum hostel life provided a favorable environment to strengthen his ability to write poems. He usually write on the topics of burning issues of the country, home, loneliness, success, love & the practical things which a person experiences in different stages of life.

Suzie Palmer began writing her life story and poetry in 1999 at 28 years of age. She was encouraged to write after a mystical encounter with a unique Indian sage. ‘You are a writer; you must write’ he told her ‘you must write about your life – true truth – a story describing this is how I won this battle. People like reading about other people’s lives, and they’ll like reading about yours. You’ll also write poetry, teaching people how to be happy even if they can’t run and jump’.

Swati Sevlani, love to call as Swati Shobha Sevlani, is touching the thin lines of journalism. Working as freelancer writer and practicing editing skills in renowned English newspaper.

Words can change perceptions; they have the power to cause a world war, just like they can melt the most ruthless heart. Words fascinate me. A poet at heart and a romantic by soul, I see things the way the world doesn't.I am constantly evolving and as a writer I believe in the simple. Music and words define me. The words I use spring from my everyday observations, my curiosities and the unusualness that surround objects and people around me.

Sweta Srivastava Vikram (www.swetavikram.com) is a Pushcart nominated-poet, novelist, author, essayist, columnist, and blogger. She is the author of three chapbooks of poetry, Because All Is Not Lost (Modern History Press); Kaleidoscope: An Asian Journey of Colors (Modern History Press); and Clearing the fog (upcoming from Modern History Press). She is also the co-author of two poetry collections, Whispering Woes of Ganges & Zambezi (Cyberwit) and Not All Birds Sing (Cyberwit). Niyogi Books will publish her first fiction novel, Perfectly Untraditional, in 2011. Her first nonfiction book of prose and poems, tentatively titled, Mouth full, will be published in the UK in 2012. Her musings have also appeared in several anthologies, literary journals, and online publications across six countries in three continents. A graduate of Columbia University, she lives and writes in New York City and reads her work across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Sweta also teaches creative writing workshops. Follow her: On Twitter (@ssvik) or Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/Words.By.Sweta)

T.Wignesan: Born in Kuala Krai, Malaysia. Up to his twenty-first year in Singapore, India, and Malaysia; then in London, Heidelberg, West Berlin, Madrid, and Paris.

Education: After only four years of schooling at Batu Road School and the Victoria Institution in Kuala Lumpur (1946- 1949: dropped out in 1950); school and higher school certificates (Cambridge University: 1951 (SC: 9 subjects - Grade One) & 1953 (HSC: 1 A-level & 3 O-levels), and London University GCE: 4 A-levels and 1 O-level - 1955); Bar studies at the Inns of Court School of Law, London (1953-56)...

Amidst multiple roles as wife, mother, daughter-in-law, home maker and teacher the one which Tahera reserves for herself is that of a muse. She was born to a businessman father and home maker mother in a sub-urban settlement of the city of Nagpur in central India.

Tanuja Mullick is from the Deep South. She is married to a Bengali who is a Novelist in English and a Civil Servant in the Indian Administrative Service. They have a daughter.

Etched In Stone is a collection of poems by Thelma N. (Schlup) Shutters. She was born in Kansas City, Mo., 1945, to Jesse A. & Bessie A. Schlup. Her father died in 1947. Her mother remarried in 1953 to Edgar A. Poe, together they had three children. She grew up in southwest Missouri, USA where she still resides. She moved to a small town in the same area in Vernon County, Schell City, Mo., in 1995. March 1st., 2002 at the age of fifty-seven She wrote her first poem (Porcelain Angel) Since then her poems has been published in numerous poetry books, and in the local newspapers. She is a wife and a mother of five grown children, she now has fifteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Thomas Vaughan Jones has been a salesman, a professional soldier and a fire officer. He decided to study and write poetry when he retired. When he was a boy, Thomas loved poetry. His favourites were Tennyson, Walter de la Mare, Robert Louis Stevenson, and men of that ilk. Men who could make a poem come alive in rhyme and rhythmic verse. There is very little of such poetry around anymore. Free verse appears to be the norm, and few find inspiration in attempting to read, mark, and inwardly digest streams of somebody else's self ex-pression.

Timothy Gager is the author of Short Street and Twenty-Six Pack, both collections of short fiction and the e-book, The Damned Middle. Timothy is the founding co-editor of The Heat City Literary Review and has edited the book, Out of the Blue Writers Unite: A Book of Poetry and Prose from the Out of the Blue Art Gallery. http://www.timothygager.com/

Until he retired Tom Leddy had, since graduating, taught Mathematics from lower secondary school to university degree level, the latter at a Teacher Training College. During this period he spent 3 years holding a Short-Service Commission in the Royal Air Force and 3 more years as headmaster of a small secondary school. . Marrying soon after taking his first post, Tom and his wife, Pauline, have two children, a boy and a girl. With young children they enjoyed extended family gatherings in the UK and Ireland, the latter being the birthplace of Pauline s and Tom s grandparents.

U.V. Ray was born in Birmingham, England in 1967. He attended the Blue Coat School, but after dropping out of the "indoctrination system" at the age of 15 without any qualifications, he embarked on a life of hedonistic excess; spending the next 17 years of his life drifting around back street bars and nightclubs, surrounding himself with a colourful array of oddball characters and misfits. His life became a catalogue of bar room brawls, smashed up cars and trashed hotel rooms, with a little bit of writing in between. Most of his work during this tumultuous period was scribbled on beer mats and cigarette packets and has almost certainly been lost for all time. http://www.uvray.moonfruit.com/

The short story has become very popular in recent times as people are living in a world of speed, hastiness and fast moving objects. Along with this craving for quick results comes a lessening of the feeling for culture, for morality and for traditional values. My attempts at writing are prompted by the desire to hold up these values and to make reading more of a family inclusion.

Nature! Does she observe? Does she learn? Does she correct her faults? - an indeterminate process, imbued in her differing shades, yet discernible in her transparent actions. Her methods unknown, her movements unseen by generations, she continues to sail unassailable - the primordial advocate of peace, carrying forth a lifeline unscathed across eons! A struggle for power - unrealized by the contenders and non-existent in the material essence of perceiving eyes continues, with Nature as the spectator eclipsing the contestants and emerging victorious in every encounter!

I am a Sister of the Holy Child Jesus for 54 years. I was born in a small town in Illinois where we owned and worked a small farm of twenty-five acres. I entered my religious community when I was eighteen and taught school for twenty-five years. Since then I have worked in various capacities, as a chaplain in a mental hospital, as director of religious education in several parishes and with mentally handicapped adults. Now I am retired but still active. This is my second book of poetry published.

wojciech plocharski. author of several books, literary songs writer; society of authors member, traveller. author of polish radio hit 'klub wesolego szampana' [chcialabym, chciala...]. composes contemporary classical piano music. in turn, reporter, foreign correspondent, news editor, editor-in-chief.

Wolf Staf Bruggen (1967) is aan zijn debuut toe wat het schrijven van een boek betreft. Hij is nu meer dan 10 jaar actief en leidinggevend lid van de Roma gemeenschap in Vlaanderen en België.

Yaseen Anwer has done his schooling from New Delhi (Dr.Radhakrishnan International School and Jamia Senior Secondary School) and at present he is doing his engineering from  Bangalore (Dayananda Sagar Institute of Technology).

She was born in Kamakura City in Japan in 1936, graduated from National Saitama University.She has studied haiku under the direction of Ban’ya Natsuishi. Began to contribute haiku to International Haiku Magazine, “Ginyu” in 2002, became a regular contributor to “Ginyu” in 2004. A member of WHA( World Haiku Association). She is also an artist, painter, a member of Japan Artists’ Association and International Association of Art, promoting exchanges between Japanese and foreign artists. She worked as the Chairperson of the Exective Committee of some exhibitions in foreign countries (in Iceland1997&2004, in USA 2006, in Latvia 2008).Currently she resides in Saitama City in Japan. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdrtKtD5qek

Born in Feb. 1940 at Barkingside, Essex, England. I left England after the war in April 1948 to take up residence in Long Island, New York, U.S.A. I completed my education and returned to England in September 1958. I married and had two sons Jon and David. David is married now to Gayle, and I have three beautiful grandchildren Daniel, Emma and Rebecca.

Born in 1973, graduated from the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts in 1998, Artwork once in the United States and the United Kingdom and other places on display, and included in the"FEATURED ARTISTS" "HARVESTS OF NEW MILLENNIUM" and other international art publications. Now living and working in Wuhan, China.