Carol Mauriello lives near The Daniel Boone National Forest in Olive Hill, Kentucky with her husband, Joe. She is a native of Kentucky who returned to her home state after living in New York and New Jersey for 25 years. She is retired from teaching English at Morehead State University. Her stories, poems, essays, and novels expand over a wide variety of experiences and locales. She has written one unpublished novel and is currently at work on a novel about a young man in recovery from a schizoaffective illness, and who has chosen to live in a New Jersey Beach town.
