About the Author

John J. Ronan is a poet, playwright and journalist. He is also president of American Storyboard, Inc., a non-profit (501c3) media production company. A previous book of poetry, Marrowbone Lane, was published by the Backwaters Press; in 2010 it was named a "Highly Recommended" book by the Boston Authors Club. Ronan has appeared in scores of national magazines and reviews, including New England Review, Three Penny Review, Southern Poetry Review, The Hollins Critic, and Notre Dame Review, and is a former National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in Literature. He is also a former Poet Laureate of Gloucester, MA, where he lives with his wife, Sandy.