I am pleased to introduce readers to Tessa Cheek, writer, arts advocate, town councilor and candlestick maker living in Ridgway, Colorado. She is also co-director of the Open Bard Literary Series at the Sherbino.

Tessa holds an MFA from Hollins University and a BA in philosophy from Grinnell College. She’s reported from Colorado’s state capitol, served as news editor for a small-town paper and still copy edits the odd poetry collection for The Groundhog Poetry Press. Tessa’s novel-in-progre...