Joanne Lehman received her B.A. in communication arts from Malone College in Canton, Ohio, and has been a communication professional for the past fifteen years. She occasionally teaches writing at the Wayne Center for the Arts and Communication Skills at Malone College. Her poetry has been published in "Artful Dodge. Farming Magazine, and "Christian Living, and she is also author of "Traces of Treasure: Quest for God in the Commonplace (1994). Lehman resides in Apple Creek, Ohio.