CONTRIBUTORS


Aaron Baird is an aspiring novelist who possess a passion for creative writing. He is currently in a Ph.D. program in a non-writing field and enjoys balancing his life with creative endeavors.

Susan Kemp has a literary degree in drama (BA) from the University of Washington, and has been a marketing writer and editor for the last eighteen years. She has previously been published in Thumbnail Magazine. For more of her fiction, see her blog at www.susanwkemp.wordpress.com. Susan lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.

Sari Krosinsky's first book, "god-chaser," is forthcoming from CW Books. She edits Fickle Muses, an online journal of mythic poetry and fiction. Her poems appear regularly in literary and genre magazines. She received a B.A. in religious studies and M.A. in creative writing from the University of New Mexico. She lives in Albuquerque, N.M., with her partner and cat.

Karlana Lewis' work has been published in journals such as the Apalachee Review, Kudzu Review, Cicada, Soul Fountain, and Stepping Stones. She holds an honors B.A. in Creative Writing & Russian from Florida State University, where sheI developed an honors thesis in poetry. She is a native of Tallahassee, Florida, where, besides writing, she dances for the Pas de Vie Ballet.

Michael Monson graduated with an English degree but then went on to law school. During the day he is a practicing attorney. He writes fiction covertly in the early morning and late at night. He has a wife and six kids and enjoys spending time with them in the outdoors.

Burgess Needle is a Tucson writer whose work has most recently appeared in Under the Radar (UK), Decanto (UK), Brittle Star (UK), Blackbox Manifold (UK), (India), Gutter Eloquence, Origami Condom and Red Fez. His fiction has appeared in BlackMarket Review (UK), 10,000 Tons of Black Ink and Connotation Press. He taught English for two years in the Peace Corps [Thailand, 1967-1969], been a co-director of the Southern Arizona Writing Project, co-published and edited Prickly Pear/Tucson [a poetry quarterly] for five years, was a school librarian for thirty years and, as a Minister in the Universal Life Church performed two marriages. Diminuendo Press of Ft. Worth, TX has recently published his first collection of poetry: EVERY CROW IN THE BLUE SKY. See: www.everycrowinthebluesky.com He may be reached at: [email protected]

John Ronan was a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Poetry, 1999-2000. His most recent book, Marrowbone Lane, appeared in 2009 (Backwaters Press). His work has also has appeared in Folio, Threepenny Review, The Recorder, Hollins Critic, New England Review, Southern Poetry Review, Louisville Review, Greensboro Review, Notre Dame Review, NYQ.  He is also a former Poet Laureate of Gloucester, Massachussetts.

Jean Ryan's work has appeared in Barefoot Grass Journal, Artisan, Women's Words, Lynx Eyes, Pleiades,  Other Voices, Potpourri,  The Massachusetts Review,  The Summerset Review,  The Foundling Review, and Cezanne’s Carrot. She is also the author of the novel, Lost Sister. Her story "Paradise" previously appeared in The Massachussetts Review.

Robert Sachs is a writer living in Louisville, Kentucky. He earned an M.F.A. in Writing from Spalding University (2009). This is Robert's second appearance in Blue Lake Review. His short stories have also appeared, or are scheduled to appear, in Mobius, the Journal of Social Change,The Front Porch Review, The Writing Disorder, Red Fez, Black Heart Magazine, and The 10th Annual Writer's Digest Short Short Story Collection. His story “Blue Room With Woman,” was an honorable mention finalist in the Glimmer Train November 2009 Short Story Award for New Writers.

Nicol Stavlas is an essayist and poet. She has recent or forthcoming publications in the Chaffey Review,  Boston Literary Magazine, Flyway, Canary, Trachodon and Willows Wept.  She was been named a finalist in Creative Nonfiction’s  Issue 41 2011 writing competition. Her journal is available at lastmaple.wordpress.com