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C. Jean Downer

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C. Jean Downer (she/her) is a 2024 Golden Literary Award double finalist and 2023, 2024 and 2025 Touchstone nominated poet living near the Canadian northwest’s eternal Pacific Ocean with her wife, their two fabulous daughters, two lazy dogs, and three chill cats.

Jean has loved reading and watching the mystery genre since she was a kid and is thrilled to be able to write genre-bending stories of mystery, paranormal, and romantic suspense for a second act.

When she is not writing, she and the love of her life will be traveling to new destinations and checking them off their bucket list (okay, even when traveling, she’ll be writing, but mostly in her head).

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Folk Ku Journal

Just finished reading @kingriverpress‘s 民句 Folk Ku Journal, issue 4. The haiku and tanka are striking!

I’m so grateful to editor Jodie Hawthorne for including a few of my pieces in this rich issue. Congratulations to all the poets included

You can purchase a traditional East Asian stitch-bound journal or download a PDF here:

民句 folk ku journal – free PDF

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