Three-time award winning author and Pushcart Prize nominee B. L. Bruce holds a bachelor’s degree in literature and creative writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her work has appeared in dozens of anthologies, magazines, and literary publications, including The Sun Magazine, Northwind Magazine, and The Soundings Review. Most recently the recipient of the Pushpen Press Poetry Prize, Bruce is the author of three books, The Weight of Snow, 28 Days of Solitude, and The Starling’s Song. This second edition of her much praised debut collection The Weight of Snow was the 2014 International Book Awards poetry finalist and the 2014 USA Best Book Awards poetry finalist, and her latest, "The Starling's Song," won Honorable Mention in the Pacific Rim Book Festival.