Jeanine Stevens raised in Indiana. Currently living in Northern California. Graduate degrees in Anthropology and Education. Poems have appeared in The Suisun Valley Review, Poesy, Alehouse, The Tule Review, Poetry Depth Quarterly, South Dakota Review, Ruah, Wavelength, Timber Creek Review, Bardsong, Pegasus, and Valparaiso Review, among others. She has three chapbooks, The Meaning of Monoliths (Poet’s Corner Press 2006), The Keeping Room, (Rattlesnake Press 2006) and Boundary Waters, (The Indian Heritage Council 2005). First Place in Poetry at the Mendocino Coast Writer’s Conference, and First Place in Poetry—Stockton Arts Commission Contest. Participant in Sacramento’s Poetry Marathon. Besides writing poetry, she spends time Balkan folk dancing and relaxing in the Sierras.