John T. Baker
Essays: Confessions of an Amateur Actor, A Sometimes Spy
Travel essays: Morocco Bound, Driving in Italy
Poetry: Nice Mice, My Gal Sal, Teacher's Pet, A Dastardly Deed, Vintage Ham, Home Cooking, Kittens for Sale
Biography: Poet and writer, John T. Baker, is a former businessman, teacher, member of the FBI, and lecturer. He lives and writes in Colorado and is a highly esteemed honorary member of the Writers Exchange, WREX.

Margaret Barrett
Fiction: The Intervention
Biography: Margaret is a historian who works in the publishing business.

Lanna Beall
Essay: I Survived Typhoon Omar
Biography: Homemaker and traveler with Tom Beall.

Thomas Beall
Travel essay: Hong Kong Journal; Trying out the new Truck, Mountain Ghosts
Traveling in Spain & France, Jakarta!
Fiction: Fire!
Essay: Fishing with Dad, Earthquake
Biography: Tom Beall is a manager in the computer and telecommunications industry. He has spent many years in the Pacific Rim for business and pleasure. During his travels he has recorded some of the interesting sights and experiences from that area, some of which will be shared in Clever. He currently lives with his wife and two Rhodesian Ridgebacks in the mountains of Colorado and works for MCI.

Stacy Beard
Photo essays: Salisbury, England, New Zealand

Scott Beavin
Photo essay: The Lions of Florence
Biography: Drawing inspiration from daily life, Scott’s photographs focus on what others may miss. His eclectic vision has led to the creation of an introspective body of work that observes the randomness as well as the order of the world around him. Scott’s photographs, although varied in subject matter, all share similar qualities. They exude quiet elegance. They are sensuous and peaceful. They are deeply considered observations emphasizing the ever present beauty of daily existence.

Gary Beck
Play: Art is Long
Biography: Gary’s plays and translations of the classics have been extensively produced Off-Broadway. His recent fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines and his poetry has been published in dozens of poetry periodicals.

Bob Boston
Poem: Stir Crazy
Biography: Bob Boston is a writer living on the East Coast. While he doesn't have an extensive publication history, Bob recently had poetry accepted for publication by The Verse Marauder and Word Riot. He has been writing poetry for many years, but has only recently begun seeking homes for his poems.

Jackie Brooks
Essay: Trixie, Caruso's Amazing Adventure
Biography: I have always wanted to write, ever since I was a child. It is only in recent months, now that I am retired, that I have started writing in earnest, poetry, short stories and articles. I had a story called 'King of the Road' about a persian cat, Caruso, who travelled across the USA with my husband and I, published some years ago in a UK cat magazine. This Fall one of my poems is to be published in an Anthology called 'Eternal Portraits' by Poetry.com  I am also working on two novels at present.

Mary June Brown
Fiction: Bingo in Modern Times
Biography: Mary June Brown lives and writes in California, where she and her husband are busy raising two incredibly energetic boys. She is a member of ‘B’ Street Writers in Marin County and her most recent work is forthcoming in Static Movement, Wheelhouse Magazine, and Boston Literary Magazine. Her blog is at maryjunebrown.wordpress.com.

Maggie Butt
Poems: Tsunami, On my 85th Birthday, Little Flag, Graduation, Evolution, A Curse
Biography: She is married with two teenage daughters. She knows her last name is very silly to Americans, but it's an old English West-country name connected with archery, and hey, you remember it don't you?" Maggie has returned to poetry after a long absence caused by working as a journalist and TV producer, and then getting embroiled in a long novel. She runs the Writing & Media degree programme at Middlesex University in London, England.

Thomasina Canterbury
Fiction: Like a Rolling Stone
Biography: Thomasina lives in England although she was born in Scotland. She works in local government and has been writing for the past two years.

Jared Carter
Garden Essay: The Neighbor 
Essay: A Scrap of Butcher's Paper
Fiction: A Present for Hiram
Biography: Jared’s stories appear online at Bohème Magazine, Melic Review, Aurora Review, Poetic Diversity, and Animal Liberation Front, and also on his web site at Jared Carter Poetry. His most recent collection of poems, *Cross this Bridge at a Walk,* is available from Wind Publications in Kentucky. He lives in Indianapolis.

Jennifer Cathey
Travel essay: Adventures in Alabama
Biography: Jennifer is an avid adventurer, a bookworm, and a college student, who likes to travel on the weekends and who spends most of her spare time doing homework or shopping for cheap shoes. She also likes to think of herself as a great older sister and an indulgent mother to her Chihuahua.

Yvonne Chism-Peace
Short Fiction: Mid-Century Homily, Traffic Control, Public Eye
Biography: Yvonne writes short fiction and poetry and has been published in many journals, including The Key, Moxie, Aftertaste, In Posse Review, and Saint Anne's Review, to name a few. She was the poetry editor at MS. magazine from 1974 to 1987.

Carrol Chrys
Travel Essay: Tanzania Journal, Greek Lion Statues
Biography: Carrol travels extensively, reads widely and occasionally contributes articles and reviews for Clever. She took all the accompanying photos for the Tanzania article. She makes her home in the California Bay Area with her husband, Chrys.

Brittany Clark
Fiction: I had no Idea
Biography: I'm an undergraduate student at Western Michigan University studying creative writing and hoping to graduate soon.

Terri Coffman
Essay: House-sitting, Invasion, Mr. Keen's Magic Chickens, A Mother's Woes
My Name is Shining Moon Bear, Rainforests: friend not foe, You met Where?
Biography: With over 15 years writing experience, I was a columnist for almost two years for The Auburndale Sun, a hometown newspaper, and am proud to say I had a faithful following who enjoyed my articles on relationships, family life, women’s issues, as well as some of my own personal experiences, to which many of them could relate. Other publications to my credit are Cornflakes Christmas, my family’s first Christmas deep in the Belizean jungle, Who’s Who in Poetry, 1988 and the Golden Poet Award in 1989. I have recently completed an anthology of short stories about my experiences growing up in the Belizean jungle.

Jackie Cooper
Poem: The Night before Christmas, Aussie Style
Biography: I am a member of two poetry groups that meet once a month and read and discuss various types and forms of poetry. Also I have just completed a short story writing level 1 correspondence course, which in turn has assisted me with my poetry writing and vice versa. There need to be more Australian Christmas poems around, most of the good classic Christmas poems are from England or America and are not really suitable for our climate or people. I hope to one day write my own book of poetry and short stories.

Michael Cornelius
Essay: Canterbury Tale of one's own
Biography: Michael is the author of the award-winning novel Creating Man (Vineyard Press, 2001). He has also published short works in numerous journals and magazines.

Patricia Crandall
Essay: Christmas Pearl, A Witch Link to Salem, Mass, Life Begins at Forty
Fiction: Three Strange Short Stories, The Conjurer, Crazy Jug
Poetry: Cat Poems
Biography: I live at Babcock Lake in the Grafton Mountains near Petersburgh, New York. I devote time to my family, writing and community work. I enjoy reading, skiing, golfing, swimming, exercising and traveling. I have a vast number of poetry/haiku, numerous articles and short stories published in many small press magazines and a variety of newspapers. I have won many poetry awards and have two books in print, Melrose, Then and Now, a historical volume and I Passed This Way, containing poetry.

Jim Curtiss
Essay: No Pride in Prejudice
Biography: Jim is a freelance writer and English teacher. Together with his wife Jarmila, he explores issues related to intercultural and interlingual (mis-) understanding.