Ted Morrissey
Ted Morrissey's novel excerpts, short stories, poems, critical articles, reviews, and translations have appeared in some 150 publications. His most recent novels are Mrs Saville, The Artist Spoke, Crowsong for the Stricken, and The Strophes of Job. His first collection of poetry -- Aspiring Child: A Biography of Mary W. Shelley in Sonnets -- will appear in 2026. Retired from full-time teaching, he continues to teach online for Lindenwood University and Southern New Hampshire University. Ted is the publisher of Twelve Winters Press and its various entities, including the monthly podcast A Lesson before Writing, which he co-hosts. Like the poet Carl Sandburg, he was born and raised in Galesburg, Illinois.