Barbara Secklin

After a 30-plus year love affair with the state of Arizona, Barbara moved back to her home state of Wisconsin, but still cannot get used to the winters. Besides writing poetry, she's enjoyed many creative pursuits through the years, some of which are painting, pottery and sculpture, designing jewelry, and teaching wire wrapping and weaving. While in Arizona she also spent time camping, hiking, and swimming; and together with her husband of nearly 56 years, traveling the United States - exploring many of the National Parks.

Barbara is an avid reader and puzzle-book aficionado, which in turn, some claim, has turned her into a walking thesaurus. She now spends most mornings as the editor of her daughter's novels, for which she is paid exorbitant amounts of coffee.

She is currently working on a paranormal romance novel - set in the southwest.

In the near future she plans to co-author another novel with said daughter, and one day hopes to revisit her beloved Arizona.