She was born in Trenton, grew up on the South Shore of Massachusetts, then lived in Boston for several years before moving to Maryland and marrying a transplanted Bostonian. She majored in English at UMass Boston and has worked as a technical writer and programmer, authoring four computer books and numerous technical articles. Since rediscovering poetry, she has published poems and essays in a variety of journals, including Anon, Atlanta Review, The Dark Horse and Verse Daily. Her first poetry collection, Bundle o’ Tinder, was awarded the 2007 Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize by judge Richard Wilbur and is available from Waywiser Press. Her second poetry book, Native Species, was self-published. She has also written a novel and a handful of literary essays. She has a poetry website: www.ramblingrose.com/poetry.