Carol Smallwood edited Bringing the Arts into the Library (American Library Association, 2014) and is a National Federation of State Poetry Societies and Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest Winner. Among her over four dozen books, Women and Poetry: Tips on Writing, Teaching and Publishing by Successful Women Poets (Foreword by Molly Peacock) appears on the list of "Best Books for Writers" by Poets & Writers Magazine. Recent poetry collections are from WordTech Editions, and Lamar University Press. Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014); The Library's Role in Supporting Financial Literacy for Patrons (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016). Compartments: Poems on Nature, Femininity, and Other Realms was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Carol's first chapter of her novel, Lily's Odyssey, is in Best New Writing 2010. Some of the Marquis publications she appears in are: Who's Who in the World, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in the World. She appears in Contemporary Authors New Revision 282. Carol has founded humane societies.