O'Brien, Pam: - Pam O'Brien began writing poetry at Allegheny College with a response to the Beatles' song "Strawberry Fields Forever," something we probably shouldn't try to respond to. A former resident of Buffalo, Erie and Pittsburgh, she worked in the fields of writing grants, teaching Spanish and English and finally teaching Professional Writing at the University of Pittsburgh for nineteen years. Six years ago, she retired as a Professor Emerita to Florida. In her new, warmer home, she volunteers at a local library and the VA, loves yoga and water aerobics and continues to write.She has four chapbooks and a full-length poetry collection and has been frequently published in poetry magazines and journals. During Covid, she wrote a novella and hopes to publish it someday. Part of her Florida experience has involved starting a women's poetry workshop. That group is currently planning to publish an anthology of their stories.She has three children (Boston, Pittsburgh and LA), three grandchildren and a mighty fine husband who also writes.