Tonia is a former Ohio foreign language teacher and NBC soap actress. She is the author of the book Aerobic Poetry – humorous rhyming verses meant to be read aloud. She has five poems on the 5/2 Crime Poetry Weekly blog and subsequent e/books. She has a poem in the Poe Anthology: Quoth the Raven. Earlier works appear in Common Threads (Ohio Poetry Assn.) and the Litchfield Review. She has a Jisei (death poem) in the October. issue of Failed Haiku. Tonia enjoys thrift shop safaris and fine boxed Chardonnay (oaky, of course.)