Lana Hechtman Ayers, night-owl, coffee-enthusiast, star-gazer, has authored nine poetry collections and a romantic time travel adventure, Time Flash: Another Me. She manages several poetry presses and works as a manuscript consultant. Lana resides in the Pacific Northwest where she enjoys the perpetual plink of rain on the roof and the sea’s steady whoosh. She loves back & white dogs and cats. Her favorite color is the swirl of Van Gogh's Starry Night.