About the Author

A South Florida native, Dennis Edelen has been an actor, magazine editor, fingerprint technician, and children's story-teller. He currently works as a librarian for the University of Miami. He has written widely, in multiple forms and genres. His play "Three O'clock" won the Millennium award in 2006, and his poetry collection, "An Awfully Big Adventure", dealing with the experience of the First World War (included in this volume), won the 2008 Forum Award in Humanities. He is the author of the novel "Jehanne: A Story of Joan of Arc". He is surrounded by books, and owned by two cats.