Carol Lynn Stevenson Grellas lives in the Sierra Foothills (CA) and recently graduated with an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she received a merit scholarship. She is a twelve-time Pushcart Prize nominee and a seven-time Best of the Net nominee. In 2012, she won the Red Ochre Chapbook Contest for Before I Go to Sleep. In 2018, her book, In the Making of Goodbyes, was nominated for The CLMP Firecracker Award in Poetry, and her poem, “A Mall in California,” took 2nd place for the Jack Kerouac Poetry Prize. In 2019, An Ode to Hope in the Midst of Pandemonium was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Awards, and her recent book of poems, Epitaph for the Beloved, was nominated for The Northern California Book Award. Her latest collection, Alice in Ruby Slippers, was short-listed for the 2021 Eric Hoffer Grand Prize, awarded an honorable mention in the Poetry category, and featured in Sundress Publications’ The Wardrobe's Best Dressed. Her work can be found online and in print and has recently appeared in Mezzo Cammin and Verse Daily. She has served as the Editor-in-Chief for The Orchards Poetry Journal and Co-Editor-in-Chief for The Tule Review and is a former member of the Board of Directors for the Sacramento Poetry Center. Her work has been included in the Saratoga Authors Hall of Fame, and according to family lore, she is a direct descendant of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Paperback: 114 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (June 7, 2024)