The Passed Note Issue 10 June 2019 | Page 50

Contributor Biographies

Deborah Bacharach is the author of After I Stop Lying (Cherry Grove Collections, 2015). Her poems, essays, and reviews have been published in journals nationally and internationally, including The Antigonish Review, Arts & Letters, Calyx, Cimarron Review, New Letters, and Poet Lore among many others. She is an editor, teacher and tutor in Seattle and teaches poetry workshops for children. Find out more about her at DeborahBacharach.com.

Lea Beddia grew up in Montreal, Québec. She is a high school English teacher and mother of three young children. Her writing has been published in Montreal Writes, and she is currently writing a manuscript for a young adult novel. When she is not teaching, caring for her children, writing, or watching The Walking Dead, she can be found curled up on the couch with a great book, and a cup of coffee. She loves all genres of literature from Shakespeare to Stephen King, but has a fond appreciation for young adult literature. Find her at www.leabeddia.com or on Facebook @LeaBeddiaWriter.

Ivy Catledge is a Junior Creative Writing & Humanities major at Corban University. Originally from Glennallen, Alaska she decided to pursue a career as a novelist and editor, thus taking her out of state to further her education in Salem, Oregon. Her interest in art and poetry sparked during her semester abroad in Europe and she hasn’t been able to stop writing since.