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Writer Profiles listed alphabetically by last name
Mark Jabaut
Mark Jabaut is a playwright and author who lives in Webster NY with his wife Nancy and two dogs. His plays have appeared on stage from Florida to Massachusetts. Mark’s fiction has been published in a local Rochester magazine, POST, as well as Otherwise Engaged Literature and Arts Journal, Ozone Park Journal, SmokeLong Quarterly, SPANK the CARP, Uproar, Corvus Review, Arzono Publishing’s 2021 Annual anthology, and Defenestration.
Visit www.markjabaut.com.
James Croal Jackson
James Croal Jackson is a Filipino-American poet who works in film production. His latest chapbooks are Count Seeds With Me (Ethel Zine & Micro-Press, 2022) and Our Past Leaves (Kelsay Books, 2021). Recent poems are in Stirring, Vilas Avenue, and *82 Review. He edits The Mantle Poetry from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Jennifer Ruth Jackson
Jennifer Ruth Jackson is a poet and fictionist with cerebral palsy. Her work has appeared in Strange Horizons, Algebra of Owls, Apex Magazine, Vinyl Poetry and Prose, South Florida Poetry Journal, and more. She is a passionate activist for the disabled/neurodivergent community and attempts to be a good ally to other marginalized groups. When she isn’t writing or curating The Hand Uncapped Pen, you can find her creating a variety of things or playing video games with her husband.
Julie Allyn Johnson
Julie Allyn Johnson is a sawyer’s daughter from the American Midwest whose current obsession is tackling the rough and tumble sport of quilting and the accumulation of fabric. She enjoys the company, camaraderie and accumulated wisdom of various poets and writers she’s met since her publishing journey began in 2018. A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, her poetry can be found in Star*Line, Coffin Bell, Haikuniverse, Lowestoft Chronicle, Chestnut Review and other journals. Julie enjoys photography and writing the occasional haiku, some of which can be found on her blog, A Sawyer’s Daughter.
Matthew Johnson
Matthew Johnson is the author of Shadow Folks and Soul Songs (Kelsay Books), Far from New York State (NYQ Press), and Too Short to Box with God (Finishing Line Press. His poetry has appeared/forthcoming in The African American Review, Heavy Feather Review, London Magazine, and others. He has received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations, along with honors from the Hudson Valley Writers Center and Sundress Publications. Johnson is a finalist for the 2023 Diverse Book Award and serves as managing editor of The Portrait of New England and poetry editor for The Twin Bill.
Carole Johnston
Carole Johnston is a New Jersey native, living in Lexington, Kentucky. Since retiring from teaching creative writing/literary arts in the School For Creative and Performing Arts at Lafayette High School, Carole has published poems and stories in numerous journals. Her five books of poetry include: Finishing Line Press: Journeys – Getting Lost and Purple Ink – A Childhood In Tanka, Wildflower Poetry Press – Manic Dawn,Alien Buddha Press – Midnight Butterfly and Other Juxtapositions and Secret Names: A Philosophy In Crayon. Her new poetry collection, Cassandra On the Spectrum, will be released in 2026 by Finishing Line Press.
Anne‑Marie Jones
Anne-Marie ‘Artemis’ Jones is a mixed media artist from Christchurch, New Zealand. Her polymer clay creations and collages have been featured several times in magazines, and she held a joint painting exhibition with Zenobia Southcombe in 2022 titled “Empty Vessels”. She is currently studying an art diploma, and is part of the editing team of Low Hanging Fruit magazine.
Jonah Jones
Jonah Jones lives in Llantwit Major, South Wales, U.K. His mother’s family were from the Preseli mountains and so he knows those places from whence Grimalkin watches the roads. He’s had several short stories and poems published, together with stage and radio scripts produced and broadcast. He also writes and directs short films.
Scott Archer Jones
Scott is currently enmeshed in his sixth and seventh novels. He lives in northern New Mexico, after stints in the Netherlands, Scotland, and Norway, plus less exotic locations. He has four books out, through Southern Yellow Pine and Fomite.
Scott’s Novels, all at the usual locations: Jupiter and Gilgamesh, a Novel of Sumeria and Texas; The Big Wheel; a rising tide of people swept away; And Throw Away The Skins.
Richard Jordan
Richard Jordan’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Southern Poetry Review, Rattle, Terrain, Cider Press Review, Connecticut River Review, Valparaiso Poetry Review, New York Quarterly, Gargoyle Magazine, Tar River Poetry, South Florida Poetry Journal and elsewhere. His debut chapbook, The Squannacook at Dawn, won first place in the 2023 Poetry Box Chapbook Contest. He serves as an Associate Editor for Thimble Literary Magazine.
Jacqueline Jules
Jacqueline Jules is the author of Manna in the Morning (Kelsay Books, 2021), Itzhak Perlman’s Broken String, winner of the 2016 Helen Kay Chapbook Prize from Evening Street Press, and Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember (Bushel & Peck, 2023). Her poetry has appeared in over 100 publications. Visit www.jacquelinejules.com.
A. Kahn
A. Kahn is a Midwestern writer and artist. Her prose has been published in Of Rust and Glass, poetry in various publications including ONE ART, Livina Press, confetti, and redrosethorns, and artwork in the horror anthology Café Macabre II. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of Harrow House Journal, a poetry magazine focused on healing trauma, loss, and grief through writing.
Albert N. Katz
After working 43 years as a Professor of Psychology, Albert N. Katz (he/him) retired and started a literary career. His poems and stories have appeared in anthologies, genre-based (murder mystery, fantasy, and science fiction) and literary magazines, some winning competitions. He can be reached at: Albert Katz, 7-634 Brunswick Street, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada E3B 1H6
Mary Kennelly
Mary Kennelly is an Irish poet. Her previous books include Sunny Spells, Scattered Showers (Carroll R. & Kennelly M. Glenwood Press, 2004), From the Stones (Fitzmaurice B. & Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2010), Catching Bats Takes Patience (Kennelly M. Liberties Press, 2015), Splinters (Fitzmaurice B. & Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2017), Into the Grey, (Kennelly M. Evensong Publications, 2022). Her work has appeared in several collections and anthologies and has been published in newspapers, magazines and e-zines. She has edited several publications.
Mark Kessinger
Mark Kessinger was born in Huntington, WV, attended college at Cleveland State University, lived in Oklahoma City, and now resides in Houston, TX. He is a two-year recipient of a creative writing scholarship from CSU, a founding member and president of the Houston Council of Writers, and a former editor of Voices from Big Thicket. His poetry has appeared in many publications and four anthologies. He is the author of The Book of Joe and The Exploded View. See TheKessinger.com, as well as Patreon and Substack, for Twice Curated Poetry.
Haeun Regina Kim
Haeun (Regina) Kim is a student writer hailing from Seoul, South Korea. She draws inspiration from her cultural surroundings and personal experiences to craft narratives that resonate with authenticity and emotional depth. Regina’s writing explores themes of identity, belonging, and the human condition, reflecting her curiosity about the world and her desire to connect with others through storytelling. When she’s not writing, you can find her reading on her couch or struggling through amateur ballet.
Seungmin Kim
Seungmin Kim is a student enrolled in an international school in Hong Kong. He spends his free time either writing, reading, or trying to copy bird noises.
Craig Kirchner
Craig Kirchner is now retired and living in Jacksonville because that’s where his granddaughters are. He loves the aesthetics of writing, has a book of poetry, Roomful of Navels, and has been nominated three times for a Pushcart. Craig’s writing has been published in Chiron Review, confetti, Main Street Rag, The Wise Owl and dozens of others. He houses 500 books in his office and about 400 poems on a laptop; these words help keep him straight. More about Craig can be found on Bluesky.
Max Klement
Max Klement, a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, is a writer and retired psychotherapist living in the Chicago area. His writing can be found in the Figwort Literary Journal, Literally Stories, The Raw Art Review, and BarBar Magazine. He is currently at work on his second novel.
Joseph Kleponis
Joseph Kleponis lives north of Boston, Massachusetts. His work has appeared in Amethyst Review, confetti, First Literary Review – East, Methuen Life, Streetlight Magazine, Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal, and Portrait of New England. His book Truth’s Truth: Poetic Portraits was released by Kelsay Books in 2021. Follow him at joekleponispoetry.com.
Mark Knight
I have 5 decades of theatre experience as well as TV, radio and film. I’ve been part of playwrighting organisations in the UK and the USA. I have written many plays that have been presented in PDC productions, at the Brick Playhouse, The Bridge PHL, OverKnight Theatre and many others. I’ve performed in over 200 plays. I’ve performed at the Globe Theatre (UK) and I taught there for years. I now live in Philadelphia.
Sharyn Kolberg
Sharyn Kolberg is a ghostwriter of more than 20 non-fiction best-sellers and is now moving into fiction. Her short stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Weekly Magazine, Black Cat Weekly, Literal Latte, Mensa Bulletin Fiction Issue and Akashic Books “Mondays are Murder.” She has just completed her first mystery novel and is working on her second.
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Nikkilee Kozminsky
Nikkilee was making audiobooks before her times. She found herself seeking out an audience to listen to her toddler-tales as she flipped through pictured pages. The biggest problem she had was keeping people awake. After five minutes she would have to say, “Wake up, wake up. I just want to read it again.” This meant creating a whole new story. If anyone needed a nap, it was her. Nikkilee stopped writing for some years and decided to just enjoy books that were already written. However, fourteen years ago with a pencil in hand, she began a very special comeback.
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Larry Kraft
Larry Kraft’s full-length play, Waiting For A Eulogy: Another Tragicomedy in Two Acts, which has been described as Samuel Beckett meets Douglas Adams, had a staged reading last summer in community theater. He has also written three one-act plays, several short stories, poetry, and opinion pieces. Kraft published several articles while a graduate student at Cornell University and a book of institutional history while Director of Development for Springfield (Vt.) Hospital. After retiring, he was a freelance consultant, including contributing feature articles for a weekly newspaper. He writes full time from his home in Vermont.
Chelsie Kreitzman
Chelsie Kreitzman is a native Michigander currently living in Kentucky with her husband, two sons, a cat named Cookie, and a dog named Domino. Along with reading and writing, she loves nature and animals. Her work has been published in a variety of literary publications, including The Purpled Nail, Capsule Stories, and Poetic Sun.
Jhemar Lagata
Jhemar C. Lagata, also known as Mhardz Guivarra, is a novelist, poet, fictionist, illustrator, blogger, literary editor, freelance writer, essayist, scriptwriter, song composer, spoken word poetry artist, contributing author, and advocate for the LGBTQIA+ Community, based in Santa Ana, Aloran, Misamis Occidental. He has published works in various types of international and local publications, in both print and electronic formats. He is the founder of Hiwaga, an online literary magazine, and the editor of its pieces. He is also a member of the Youth and Students for Peace Aloran Chapter. Jhemar enjoys taking pictures of nature, loves drinking coffee, and has an obsession with reading books.
Allan Lake
Allan Lake, originally from Saskatoon, Canada, has lived in Vancouver, Cape Breton Island, Ibiza, Tasmania, Western AustraAllanlia and Melbourne. His latest chapbook of poems, “My Photos of Sicily”, was published by Ginninderra Press. Such journals as The Hong Kong Review, Quadrant Magazine, The American Writers Review, Tokyo Poetry Journal, The Antigonish Review, New Philosopher and The Fabians Review have published his poems.
Shikha S. Lamba
Shikha S. Lamba is a jewelry designer and poet living in Hong Kong. She is the co-editor of an online magazine, Coffee and Conversations. Shikha has contributed poetry and visual art for publications in Hong Kong, US, UK, Bangladesh, Indonesia, The Netherlands and India. Her poems and photographs were nominated for Best of the Net in 2023 and 2024. She is a 2023 Pushcart Prize nominee. Passionate about raising awareness about women’s health and mental health issues through her writing, her poems often touch on themes of feminism and social injustice.
Edward Lee
Edward Lee’s poetry, short stories, non-fiction and photography have been published in magazines in Ireland, England and America, including The Stinging Fly, Skylight 47, Acumen, The Blue Nib and Poetry Wales. His poetry collections are Playing Poohsticks On Ha’Penny Bridge, The Madness Of Qwerty and A Foetal Heart.
He also makes musical noise under the names Ayahuasca Collective, Orson Carroll, Lego Figures Fighting, and Pale Blond Boy.
His blog/website can be found at edwardmlee.wordpress.com.
Grace Lee
Grace Lee, a high school student in Seoul, South Korea, is passionate about words. Whether crafting stories or poems, she blends her unique perspective with the vibrant culture of Seoul. She has explored her passion for creative writing at the Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop and Juniper Young Writers Online. Her works are published or forthcoming in Academy of the Heart and Mind, The Alcott Youth Magazine, Altered Reality Magazine, and more.
Karen Lee
Yubeen (Karen) Lee is a senior attending Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, Virginia. She is an aspiring poet from South Korea. Her work has been published in The Inflectionist Review, Teen Ink, and more. She has also won a National Silver Medal from the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Jubilant Lemon
Jubilant Lemon (Arthur Lauritsen b. 1969) lives and works in Japan. He is primarily an ESL teacher, and his writing focuses on graded readers (GR), or books for ESL students to help them learn English through reading. Current ESL GR publications include The Voice at the Bottom of the Well, Bad Dog and Mrs.
Elizabeth Liang
Elizabeth writes during the nap times for her three children and loves baking. Both require precision with a sprinkle of luck. When not reading or brainstorming story ideas, Elizabeth writes YA fantasy.
Chris Litsey
Chris Litsey is a teacher, poet, and former editor of Indiana University Purdue University Columbus’s literary magazine, Talking Leaves. He’s published there and in other publications. He is also a father and loves reading, writing, getting tattooed, and exploring museums. Follow him on Instagram: @christianlitsey.
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Oksana Lizunova
My name is Oksana Lizunova. I am a poet from Ukraine. I am interested in the history and culture of countries. Love is the main theme of my poetry. Love is when you feel that someone lives in you, and you live in someone, and it seems: even when you forget yourself, you will love, you do not understand, but simply believe.
Mario Loprete
Mario Loprete is an Italian artist who, through his art, invites us to reflect on our urban existence, memory, and identity. His works, although seemingly simple in their materiality, are profoundly complex and rich in meaning. His work lies at the crossroads of painting and sculpture, using raw materials like cement and plaster to create works that evoke urban architectural structures. One of the distinctive features of Loprete’s work is his ability to transform everyday and banal objects into meaningful works of art. Loprete’s works are imbued with a strong sense of nostalgia and reflection on the human condition.
Lisa Low
Lisa Low’s essays, book reviews, and interviews have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Boston Review, The Tupelo Quarterly, and The Adroit Journal. Her poetry has appeared in many literary journals, among them Valparaiso Poetry Review, Phoebe, American Journal of Poetry, Delmarva Review, and Tusculum Review.
Mario Lowther
Aged five, I put big words on paper scraps into a word box and bemused everybody with the definitions. Aged nine, my mom couldn’t find a babysitter, so she and her boyfriend took me to a revival of Psycho. 53 years, 300+ songs, 70+ short stories, five novels and two feature-length screenplays later, I’ve learned that writing sucks, but editing is glorious. And my fifteen (so far) publications in The Lorelei Signal, Imaginarium, Abstract Jam, and Corner Bar Magazine, among others, content my goodly wife that I’m not just up in our British Columbia Sunshine Coast attic goofing off.
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