Josie A. Okuly

Ever since I was a small child, I’ve had my nose stuck in a book. Nothing in my childhood world compared to a visit to the library, since I yearned to spend every waking moment exploring the treasured books that lined the shelves. I began writing stories and poems when I received my first diary at the age of nine. Through the years I’ve filled many journals with scribbles, drawings and observations. In college I studied history and archaeology as I pursued my dream of becoming an explorer of lost civilizations. I didn’t become the next Indiana Jones, but I never lost my love of writing. These days, I’m a wife, mother, elementary teacher, and writer. I share my busy life with my husband Rick, our son Sean, and a cat named Frodo. Pacific Breeze Hotel is my fourth published book. My work has appeared in the Adirondack Review, Adoption Week, Anotherealm, Cold Glass Magazine, E Street Journal, Long Story Short, Millennium Shift, Nuvein Magazine, Tapestry, and The Harrow. Please contact me at menfreya@hotmail.com Visit my website at http://www.JosieAOkuly.net Read about my day-to-day life at my journal http://menfreya.tblog.com Join my yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JosieAOkuly