Beverly A. Jackson was born in Phoenix, Arizona, but traveled extensively as a military brat. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in about 100 venues, and her paintings are in the private collections of about thirty art lovers. She lives in Naples Florida where she continues to write and paint. Her memoir "The Loose Fish Chronicles" is seeking representation, but a number of chapters have been published as stand- alone creative nonfiction.Beverly was the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Literary Potpourri Publishing (Lit Pot) and the online literary journal, INK POT until 2006.She currently is the Organizer of the new North Naples/Bonita Springs Writing Group, and runs a small editing business for poets and writers called "The Lucky Pauper's Editor."More information is available on her blogs, The Loose Fish, and Lucky Pauper's Editor.