Zinta Aistars is a bilingual writer; her first language was Latvian and her first three published books are in the Latvian language. Other work (in English) is published extensively in print and online publications.
Zinta is owner and creative director of Z Word, LLC, a writing and editing service. She was founder and editor-in-chief of the online literary magazine, The Smoking Poet, 2006 to 2014, when TSP closed its doors. She is also radio host at WMUK 102.1 FM, Kalamazoo, Michigan's NPR affiliate station, where she interviews authors for "Between the Lines," a weekly show about books and writers. Zinta lives and works from a 10-acre farm in southwest Michigan.