Neva B.

Readers have praised Neva for writing with an evocative sense of place and a gentle style, and for creating delicately drawn characters.

Her poems and short fiction are published in literary magazines throughout the South. She has received more than a dozen writing prizes, including a James Still Award for Poetry.

She graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in Foreign Affairs (Soviet Relations) and earned her Master of Professional Writing from Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pa. She is a public relations professional working in the nonprofit sector.

Neva lives in Southwestern Virginia.