Meet Our Writers
Allisonn Church
Allisonn Church, author of Sunlight Leaking (Bottlecap Press, 2023), was born in a small, rural community to a mother who pinned butterflies in glass cases and hid scarab beetles in her jewelry box. She earned a BA from Brandeis University, where she studied British Romanticism and Russian Futurism. Her work has been featured in The Hopper, Tiny Seed Literary Journal, Reverie Magazine, and other publications. She spends her free time reading, meditating, caring for animal companions, and finding stray poems hidden in tussocks of moss. Allisonn resides in Massachusetts with her husband and son.
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Juliet James
Juliet James is a queer, bisexual, fat writer and a current MFA candidate at Bay Path University. Born in New Jersey, she spent six years living in New York City, where she completed a BA in anthropology at Hunter College. She currently resides with her wonderful husband Thomas and their adorable dog in the mountains of Colorado. She loves road trips with her husband, music, buying stationery, and naming plants and trying to keep them alive.
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Thomas James
Thomas James is a human male. He is a citizen of the United States of America, but nobody asked him. He is a Coloradan who was unfortunately born in New York, but this has been corrected. Thomas holds a BA in Religion and an MBA in Information Systems, both of which are sometimes reflected in his poetry. He recently broke and is now working on building something better out of the pieces. He lives with his wife Juliet, their dog, and about a dozen aquariums.
Crooked Circle Press Titles:
Nuclear Family: Poetic Fallout - Paperback
Nuclear Family: Poetic Fallout - eBook
Penelope Knayme
Penelope Knayme lives on the east coast of North Carolina with her husband, two children, and their loyal dog. By day, she works as a tax accountant, but by night, she is a dreamer who finally stopped saying “someday” and brought her stories out of the shadows of her mind and into the light on the page. The Last Petal is her debut novel, born from the spark of an idea and her willingness to chase her dreams.
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The Last Petal - Paperback Preorder (coming Nov. 18)
The Last Petal - eBook Preorder (coming Nov. 18)