Hello, readers, and welcome to my profile. I am the author of three young adult novels, all from Poppy: LOVE, LUCY (a retelling of A ROOM WITH A VIEW), CATHERINE (a retelling of WUTHERING HEIGHTS) and JANE (A retelling of JANE EYRE). JANE was published in the Czech and Slovak Republics. CATHERINE was published in the Czech Republic. LOVE, LUCY is coming out in Bulgaria.I'm also a poet. A second poetry collection, THIS BED OUR BODIES SHAPED, was published in 2012 by Able Muse Press. My first collection, SKIN, received the Walt McDonald First-Book Prize in Poetry. Texas Tech University Press has just released a new paperback edition of SKIN. My poems have also been featured in many anthologies and textbooks.I'm a professor of English at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. The mother of two sons, I play acoustic guitar badly, see more rock concerts than I'd care to admit, travel whenever I can, cook Italian food, and lavish attention on my pets--two rescued mutts and two exciteable guinea pigs. My website and blog may be found at www.aprillindner.com. Come by and say hi!Author's photo: Nick Belial