Janice Egry graduated from Crane School of Music and taught music and special education before retiring to write full time. She writes poetry, short stories, personal essays, children’s stories, novels and novellas. Several are published prizewinners. Most recently, “A Well-Urned Talent,†prizewinner at Ghost Story Magazine, can be found on their website. She resides with her jazz pianist husband and two cats in Duchess County, New York.