Donna Henderson is the author of two previous chapbook collections of poems, of which the first, Transparent Woman, was a finalist for the 1997 Oregon Book Award in Poetry. Her poems and essays have appeared widely in journals, anthologies and other venues, and have received numerous recognitions, including two Pushcart Prize nominations. Raised in Oregon's Willamette Valley, Donna received a BA in Education from the University of Massachusetts, and holds both an M.S.W. from Portland State University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. She is a practicing psychotherapist, teaches creative writing at Willamette University, performs with the piano and poetry performance trio Tonepoem of which she is a co-founder, and lives with her husband, Rich Sutliff, in Maupin, Oregon.
