Ellaraine Lockie is a widely published and awarded poet, nonfiction book author, and essayist. "Coffee House Confessions" is her tenth poetry chapbook. Her recent books have received the Best Individual Collection Award from Purple Patch magazine in England, the San Gabriel Poetry Festival Chapbook Prize, and "The Aurorean"'s Chapbook Pick. She teaches poetry workshops and serves as Poetry Editor for the lifestyles magazine, "Lilipoh". Ellaraine writes every morning in a coffee shop no matter where she is in the world.