Meri Tumanyan is the author of the poetry collections Love in the Time of Corona, Shadows, and The Promise of the Pomegranate Tree. She has also authored the children's books The Girl with the Purple Umbrella, Never Be Anyone Other Than You, Daddy's Waltz, and Mommy, the Dreamweaver. She resides in California where she received a B.A. in English and Comparative Literary Studies from Occidental College, and an M.A. in Creative Writing from California State University Northridge. She's a mother, an educator, and grateful to be writing.