Violette L. Meier, a happily married mother, writer, painter, poet, and native of Atlanta, Georgia, earned her B.A. in English at Clark Atlanta University and a Masters Degree in Theology. Writing since her pre-teen years, she has written over 1,200 poems (a few have been published on numerous poetry sites and in poetry anthologies), and 25 short stories. Her books are, Violette Ardor: A Volume of Poetry, The First Chronicle of Zayashariya: Out of Night, Angel Crush, This Sickness We Call Love, and Son of the Rock.