Patricia Black. Patricia taught English in Italy, was editor of Ohio University Publications, worked as a travel agent and drove a bookmobile. Now she writes poems, does beadwork, gardens, and edits academic papers for international students. She is a member of the Athens Poetry Group, the PentaPoets online poetry group, the Evening Poets, and the Ohio Poetry Association. Her poems have appeared in Common Threads and in the Ohio Poetry Association's juried anthology Everything Stops and Listens. She has been a featured reader in Ohio in Athens, Cincinnati, Columbus, Coshocton, Marion and Wooster. She lives in Athens, Ohio.
Deborah Hayhurst has been a watercolorist for 40 years. She brings Twillaby Pond to life as she ventures into book illustration for the first time. Deborah has degrees in Natural Resources from both Hocking Technical College and the Ohio State University. She loves to hike and birdwatch. Originally from the Columbus area, she now resides in Lancaster, Ohio.