Toni Ortner lives in Vermont. She has had 3l books published by small presses. Her website is toniortner.com where you can find her books and reviews and hear a recording.. Her next book to come off the press will be Passing Through by Deerbrook Editions. She hosts the Putney Library Writers Salon on Zoom each winter to introduce presses from other states to Vermont readers. She taught at many colleges among them the University of Connecticut and Monroe College. She has won grants from Pen America and the Authors League.