Staff
Co-Editor/Publisher
Angie Ledbetter holds a BA in Journalism from Louisiana State University and has published both online and in print, as well as co-authored several inspirational books. Ledbetter is a regional representative for the National Association of Women Writers and a Board Member of LSU's Readers & Writers. She is currently revising her first women's fiction manuscript and dabbles in poetry as time permits. Ledbetter loves visiting others in the blogosphere at angie-ledbetter.blogspot.com and in Twitterville at AngieLedbetter.
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Co-Editor/PublisherKathryn Magendie is a writer/editor living in the Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina. Her short stories, essays, poems, and nature-inspired photographs have been published in online and print publications. Magendie's debut novel, Tender Graces, was released April 2009; the sequel, Secret Graces, will be released in 2010. Whenever she writes in third person, she arches her brow sardonically because that’s just how she is. Visit her website at kathrymagendie.com; her blog at tendergraces.blogspot.com, and follow her on twitter at katmagendie.
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Managing Editor, Senior Poetry Editor
Cynthia L. Toups is a graduate of Loyola University-New Orleans and holds a B.A. in History with a minor in English. Her love of music, art, and history influences her poetic themes.
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Poetry Editor
Yu-Han (Eugenia) Chao was born and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. Her poetry book, We Grow Old, was published by Backwaters Press in 2008, and her short story collection, Passport Baby, is forthcoming. She received her MFA in fiction from Penn State and currently teaches at Merced College. Feel free to visit her writing and artwork at yuhanchao.com.
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Prose Editor
Patresa Hartman lives in
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Poetry Editor, Graphics Editor
Wil Hough, one of the founding editors at Rose & Thorn, first spent a decade as NOVLPapa in the old AOL Amazing Instant Writers Group. While earning his living as a faux finishing artist specializing in Impressionist and Post Expressionist wall art, he best expresses his contrarian outlook through poetry, essays, and short stories.
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Newsletter ProducerSusan Girolami Kramer wears many hats at her job as a Communications Specialist and at home on her off-hours. She’s a photographer, fiction and poetry writer, editor, and publication designer. She has won several awards during the last two decades for her photography and recently held a display at a local gallery. By day, she writes articles for an Association’s newsletter; by night, she taps into her more creative writing skills. Susan lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with her husband, son, and pug, Truman.
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Staff
Adnan Mahmutovic is a Bosnian who has spent half his exile life in Sweden pondering on authenticity, working with disabled people, and writing his PhD and a few fiction books. His work can be followed at adnanmahmutovic.com and undermidnightsun.wordpress.com.
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Internet Media Manager
Sheri Whitlock is a poet and essayist currently living in Fife, Scotland. Born and raised in rural Indiana, she has an appreciation of the simple things in life found in nature and within small communities and family. Most of her writing centers on these themes. She is working on her first novel set in 16th century England, involving real historical characters and events. When not doing research or being distracted by every day real life events, she writes poetry and essays as a way to keep her feet on the ground and her head in the clouds. Before coming to the staff of Rose & Thorn, she was poetry editor for a small online publication called Vines of Life.
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Art Commentator
Liam Wilkinson is a writer, editor, and musician from Yorkshire, England. His poetry—including haiku, senryu, and tanka—has been published widely in print and on the Internet. He is the editor of 3LIGHTS and Prune Juice: Journal of Senryu & Kyoka. Liam lives with his wife in York, England.
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FounderBarbara Quinn has written four novels, including 36C, Slings and Arrows, Hardhead, and The Speed of Dark. Her short story Crab Lines was nominated for a Pushcart prize and was selected for the 2006 Best of the Net Anthology. A number of her stories are available at Sniplits.com in audio version. Writer's Digest, The Melic Review, Storyteller, and The Ledge are a few of the publications that have honored or published her short fiction. Currently, she is a freelancer doing SEO work for websites and blogs and is working on a new novel. When she is not writing, you can find her at the shore at Bradley Beach or in Montebello, NY