July's Contributors


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Himadri Chatterjee
Himadri Chatterjee was born in Calcutta, India, in 1960, moved to Britain with his family in 1965, and has grown up mainly in Glasgow, in Scotland. He graduated in physics from Stratchclyde University, and went on to do postgraduate studies in operational research in Manchester University. He currently works as an operational research analyst for an airline, and lives near London, UK, with his wife and two children. What spare time he has apart from his day job and family commitments, he likes to spend reading, and listening to classical music. He also loves the theatre, good conversation, and good whisky (he is a long-standing member of the Scotch Malt Whisky Society). Favourite authors include Shakespeare, Tolstoy, Ibsen, Dickens, Chekhov, Joyce, and Faulkner; and, amongst poets, Milton, Wordsworth, Yeats, Tagore. On a lighter note, he is also an aficionado of the Sherlock Holmes stories; old-fashioned ghost stories; and the writings of P. G. Wodehouse. Favourite composers include Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven, Verdi, Brahms, Sibelius, Bartok.
Email: himadri_c@yahoo.co.uk


Cindy-Lou Dale
Dale was born in a small town in the northern part of South Africa in the early 60's. Whilst still in infancy her family moved to Cape Town, where she attended school. She graduated from high school and received further education in the United States and again in South Africa. She has subsequently furthered her education in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Her career moved her around the world - one month Angola, then New York, Malawi, Los Angeles, Namibia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique. She has also travelled extensively on leisure. In 1998 she immigrated to the United Kingdom and from there recently relocated to Belgium, continuing her nomadic lifestyle. She is a published freelance writer and journalist and is currently working on a novel based on the dark days of apartheid and hopes her writings will expose both pre- and post-apartheid government officials of their crimes to date.
Email: cindyloudale@hotmail.com
Visit: www.cindyloudale.com



Rocco Dormarunno
Rocco Dormarunno was born and raised in New York City. He earned his BA in Humanities from Brooklyn College, his MA in English literature and language from Rutgers University, and was a student at the University of Iowa's Writers Workshop. He has taught at each of those institutions, and currently teaches at he College of New Rochelle, Manhattan Campus. Along with his passion for literature, he also concentrated his studies in American and, specifically, New York City history. He and his wonderful wife Jenny live close to the city in West Orange, NJ.


Rance King
Born in Missouri, but growing up in Los Angeles, Rance King now lives in Arkansas and teaches AP English and journalism at Harrison High School. He graduated from the University of Arkansas and is currently doing graduate work in counseling. Teaching, writing, reading, and traveling are his passions.


July's Contest Winner


Kat Rosa
Kat was born in the California Bay Area in 1983; she has been living in exile in Davis for the past four years while finishing her B. A. in English at the University of California. Her sad exile will end in her move to San Francisco, where she looks forward to beginning her Masters in English Literature and being told what to read for at least two more years. She enjoys scribbling, Rancid, and Chinese food. Her favorite authors and greatest influences are too numerous to name.