Faye Rapoport DesPres is the author of five books, including the memoir-in-essays Message from a Blue Jay, the microfiction collection Soul to Soul: Tiny Stories of Hope and Resilience, and the Stray Cat Stories children’s book series. She is also co-editor of the anthology The Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond. Faye’s creative nonfiction, fiction, poetry, interviews, and reviews have appeared in a wide variety of literary journals. A 10th anniversary edition of Message from a Blue Jay and a new chapbook titled The Varmint and Other Stories: Four Short Fictions are forthcoming from Huntsville Independent Press in December 2024.
