Sally Zakariya has been writing all her life-articles, fiction, poetry, random notes and lists. She lives with her husband and two cats in Northern Virginia, where she studies poetry and Spanish and writes at an antique desk looking out at telephone wires and maple trees. Her poetry, which has appeared in some 70 print and online journals, has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and won prizes from the Poetry Society of Virginia and the Virginia Writers Club. Zakariya is the author, most recently, of Personal Astronomy (Finishing Line Press) and When You Escape (Five Oaks Press). Her other poetry books include Insectomania and Arithmetic and other verses, both from Richer Resources Publications, for whom she serves as part-time poetry editor. In 2015, Zakariya conceived, edited, and designed an anthology of culinary verse, Joys of the Table. A former magazine writer and editor, Zakariya has also designed and self-published illustrated alphabet books on anatomy, food, literature, and other topics. She blogs at www.butdoesitrhyme.com.
