Jakiela, Lori

Lori Jakiela is the author of the memoir, Miss New York Has Everything (Warner/Hatchette, 2006), and a poetry collection - Spot the Terrorist!(Turning Point, 2012). Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and more. She is a recipient of the City of Asylum-Pittsburgh Prize, a Golden Quill Award from the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize many times. She teaches in the writing programs at The University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg and Chatham University, and lives outside