Susan A. Lewis is West Florida Literary Federation's Student Poetry Director, Vice President of the Gulf Coast Authors and top three for Poet Laureate of Northwest Florida in 2014. She has published five books, volunteers with Hospice, hosts a monthly support luncheon for military loved ones and mentors Marines. Married for 27 years to GySgt Steve Lewis II (retired) they live in Pensacola, Florida with their three children, Steve III, Minnie and Ben.