url https://stellapierides.com/ Born August 21st Recent books: "Of This World" (Red Moon Press, 2017): http://bit.ly/2jebbD7, "The Heart and Its Reasons" (Amazon.co.uk), “Feeding the Doves” (Fruit Dove Press, 2013) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feeding-Doves...) and “In the Garden of Absence” (Fruit Dove Press, 2012 - poetry) Stella Pierides is a British writer and poet of Greek descent. She divides her time between Neusaess, Germany, and London, England. She is married and has two adult daughters. Stella enjoys reading, writing, feltmaking, gardening, film, music, food, and working long hours. In her work, she explores the intersections of cultural, social, and psychological aspects of life. Stella serves on the Board of Directors of The Haiku Foundation (THF). She introduces haiku as a course tutor at the Parkinsons Art Academy. Stella has co-edited "Even Paranoids Have Enemies" (Routledge, 1998) and "Beyond Madness" (JKP, 2002) and published articles and reviews in other books and journals. Her selections for the theme “Haiku of the Senses” appeared in The Haiku Foundation’s Per Diem: Daily Haiku feature, March 2012, and can be viewed in the THF Per Diem Archive. A member of the Haiku Society of America, and the British Haiku Society, she is also listed in The Haiku Foundation’s Haiku Registry. Places to find her work: The Haiku Foundation‘s Haiku Registry: http://www.thehaikufoundation.org/poe... Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stella.pierides Twitter: http://twitter.com/stellapierides Stella’s Stones: http://stellasstones.tumblr.com Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/stellapierides/p...