Sandra Giedeman is an award-winning poet. She’s past president of the Orange County chapter of PEN and former independent bookstore owner. Her poetry has been published in Poetry, Cortland Review, Connecticut River Review, Critic, Paris/Atlantic and others. She has a Pushcart Nomination and several poetry awards including the Mudfish Poetry Prize chosen by Charles Simic. The Los Angeles New Short Fiction Series presented two evenings of her short stories. Her poetry collection “In This Hour” is published by Green Tara Press, Los Angeles. She lives in San Clemente, California.