Ann Dernier

Ann Dernier was born in Washington D.C. She graduated from the University of Arizona and received her MFA from the University of Iowa. She served as Writer-in-Residence and then Director of the Tucson Writers' Project at the Tucson-Pima Public Library from 1985-2005. She is the editor of Writing From the Darkness, a collection of poetry by torture survivors and their families, published in 2006. Her work with Kore Press inspired her to pursue this book with the help of Lisa Bowden. Her poetry appears in local and national magazines and anthologies, including Poets For Peace, an anthology and fundraiser for UNICEF by Brad Cran. Ann lives in Tucson with her husband Chris Smith and their children Nick and Hadley.

Titles Available from Kore Press:

Women's Voices Against War: Well Past Ripening