Jeanne BrynerJeanne Bryner was born in Appalachia and grew up in Newton Falls,

Ohio. She is a practicing registered nurse and a graduate of Trumbull

Memorial Hospital�s School of Nursing and Kent State University�s

Honors College. Her books include Brathless, Blind Horse: Poems,

Eclipse: Stories, Tenderly Lift Me: Nurses Honored, Celebrated and

Remembered, The Wedding of Miss Meredith Mouse and No Matter How

Many Windows, the story of women in her family which won the 2011

Tillie Olsen Award for Creative Writing from the Working Class Studies

Association. Her poetry has been adapted for the stage and performed

in Ohio, New York, Texas, Kentucky, West Virginia, California and

Edinburgh, Scotland. Her new play, Foxglove Canyon, was first

performed in Akron for Summa Healthcare�s Humanities� conference

under the direction of Russell Zampino. With the support of Hiram

College�s Center for Literature, Medicine and Biomedical Humanities,

her nursing poetry has been adapted for the stage and performed by

Verb Ballets, Cleveland, Ohio. As a community affiliate of Youngstown

State University�s Center for Working Class Studies, she frequently

treats working-class issues. She teaches writing workshops in schools,

universities, community centers, cancer support groups and assisted living

facilities. She has received writing fellowships from Bucknell University,

the Ohio Arts Council (1997, 2007), and Vermont Studio Center.

She lives with her husband in Newton Falls, Ohio. Read More Read Less