Shanda Blue EasterdayThe featured writers of Grit and Grace live in Pennsylvania, California, Michigan, and Indiana. They have widely varied interests, but each one is focused on writing and publishing as a vocation in her own genre. Several of the authors featured have eceived awards and published previous books.

Contributing editor Shanda Blue Easterday MFA, PhD, is a college professor of Literatures in English. Her poetry has been published in the U.S. and England, and she helps lead Women Writing as an outreach to her regional community of writers. She was managing editor of Third Coast Literary Review from 2000-2002 and continues as an editor to Mind Vine Press. Read More Read Less