Barbara Segal, a prize-winning poet and visual artist, is deeply influenced by the mystical worlds of nature and spirit. Her poems are published in numerous poetry journals and anthologies, including Oberon, Mobius, Long Island Sounds, and the PPA Review, for which she was a first-prize winner. A long-standing member of Poets Circle, a women's poetry group, she is also an Interfaith Minister and until recently a Reiki hospice volunteer. The Secret Road: Walking with Persephone is her first published book. She lives with her husband, author Michael Sears, in the village of Sea Cliff, NY.
