Bio of Patrice Boyer Claeys

Patrice Boyer Claeys graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Manchester, U.K., and completed a Certificate in Poetry from the University of Chicago. Her first collection, Lovely Daughter of the Shattering, was published in 2019, followed by The Machinery of Grace (2020), Honey from the Sun (with Gail Goepfert, 2020) and This Hard Business of Living (also with Goepfert, 2021). Her work appears in The Night Heron Barks, Adirondack Review, SWWIM, *82 Review, Burningword Literary Journal, Zone 3, Inflectionist Review, Literary Mama and Aeolian Harp 5, among others. She was nominated for both Pushcart and Best of the Net prizes. Patrice lives in Chicago with her husband and has two grown daughters. Find her at www.patriceboyerclaeys.com.